Aug 15, 2022 City Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:32 P.M..

THOSE THAT CAN RISE, PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

PLEASE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.

READY? BEGIN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

A FINAL ROLL CALL, MR. RUSSI.

COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.

PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER KASHIFALGHITA.

MAYOR PRO TEM CROSBY IS WITH US REMOTELY RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE.

THERE HE IS. HE'S IN THE COVID TRAILER.

YES. AND HE STILL CAN'T GET THAT NEGATIVE TEST.

[LAUGHTER] AND MAYOR HEPBURN.

PRESENT. THANK YOU.

[4. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]

TWO FOR UPCOMING EVENTS.

UPCOMING EVENTS.

SHERRY BEST. WE GOT THE AIR CONDITIONING ON.

IT IS. I KNOW.

FEELS GOOD OUT HERE.

[LAUGHTER] NO TIE IN A POLO SHIRT AND SHORTS.

YES, OF ACTIVITIES.

[APPLAUSE] WE ARE DOING A LOT.

I'VE GOT OUR EVENT CALENDAR.

I'M PUTTING IT OUT.

PLEASE TAKE ONE OF THESE AND REMEMBER THAT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUTS ON A LOT OF EVENTS THAT ARE FREE, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO PARTICIPATE.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING HARD THIS YEAR TO CREATE A LOT OF EVENTS THAT ARE FAMILY FRIENDLY, AND SO WE URGE YOU TO BRING YOUR CHILDREN TO THESE EVENTS. SO WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND I'LL PUT THEM ON THE TABLE OVER HERE AFTER I PASS ONE OUT TO EVERYBODY ON CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, SHERRY. HOW ARE WE DOING ON THAT RAISING MONEY FOR THE TRUCK? WELL, WE COULD USE ABOUT 15 TO 20,000 MORE DOLLARS.

I'M NOT KIDDING YOU.

I'LL GO OUT TO MY CAR. JUST A MINUTE.

OKAY. IT'S A GOOD CAUSE.

WE NEED TO DONATE, SO WHATEVER YOU CAN SCROUNGE UP.

SO SIGNED US UP FOR AMAZON SMILE.

SO IF YOU PURCHASE THINGS ON AMAZON, YOU CAN BECOME AN AMAZON SMILE USER.

AND EVERY TIME YOU MAKE A PURCHASE, WE MAKE IT A LITTLE DONATION.

PAINLESS. IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUY IT ANYHOW.

RIGHT. SO THERE YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, SHERRY. LEAH.

GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE CLOSED THE BEST OF LA VERNE INAUGURAL ONLINE VOTING LAST WEEK.

THE WINNERS WERE POSTED AND ANNOUNCED TODAY THEY'RE ON THE CHAMBER WEBSITE.

WE HAD OVER 3,800 VOTERS, 308 CONTENDERS, OVER 12,000 VOTES CAST. SO WE KIND OF BROKE ALL RECORDS FOR AN INAUGURAL BEST OF.

SO I HOPE THE COMMUNITY WILL TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF OUR WINNERS FOR SECOND AND THIRD PLACE AND DO A LITTLE MORE EXPLORING IN LA VERNE.

THANK YOU, LEAH. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? WELL, THERE'S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM RIGHT HERE THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THIS COMMUNITY.

FIRST ONE IS PREVIOUS MAYOR DON KENDRICK.

OVER HERE WE'VE GOT PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBER [APPLAUSE] ROBIN CARTER.

[APPLAUSE] PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBER MUIR DAVIS.

[APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] I'LL GET TO HIM.

I'M GOING DOWN THE LIST.

I SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST.

COME ON. AND WE'VE GOT COUNCIL MEMBER DONNA REDMAN.

[APPLAUSE] COUNCIL MEMBER CHARLIE ROSALES.

[APPLAUSE] POLICE CHIEF AND COUNCIL MEMBER RON INGLES, PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE DEVORAH LIEBERMAN.

THAT'S REALLY HER. THAT IS HER.

YES, SHE IS HERE.

LET'S SEE.

WE HAVE OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER, JESS DUFF.

THOSE WHO HAVEN'T MET HIM AND OUR INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR, MR.

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THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

THAT GIRL SOFTBALL WENT TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES IN GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

SO WE'RE SO PROUD OF THEM.

THEY HAD A NUMBER OF GAMES.

THEY HAD SOME LOSSES AND WINS, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER.

THEY WENT AND THEY CAME BACK SAFELY.

AND LAST NIGHT, THANKS TO POLICE CHIEF COLLEEN FLORES AND ALSO FIRE CHIEF CHRIS NIGG FOR HAVING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AT PELOTA, KIRK B JOHNSON MEMORIAL FIELD LAST NIGHT THEY GOT IN ABOUT 9:45 AND HERE COMES THIS BIG OLD LIMO, TOUR BUS.

AND THEY HAD GIVEN THE BOYS.

KASH WAS THERE LAST NIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER KASH.

THEY GOT IT WITH SILLY STRING AND IT WAS JUST IT WAS EVERYWHERE.

AND IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT SILLY STRING, IT DOESN'T COME OFF VERY WELL.

SO THEY WERE COMING OUT OF THE BUS AND THERE MUST HAVE BEEN 20 CANS OF SILLY STRING ON THOSE GIRLS.

BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENING.

EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT TIME.

THANK YOU TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR COMING AND JUST CELEBRATING OUR GIRLS.

AND I'M SURE WE'LL BE DOING SOMETHING HERE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

MR. RUSSI. JUST GOING TO SAY WE ARE COORDINATING WITH THE LEAGUE MANAGER TO GET THEM TO AN UPCOMING MEETING, EITHER THE FIRST OR SECOND MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, WORKING WITH THEIR SCHEDULE. AND THEY ALL WERE HEALTHY.

YOU NO WORSE FOR THE WEAR. THE ONLY THING THAT DIDN'T COME OFF THE PLANE WERE THE BATS.

EVERYTHING ELSE CAME OFF, BUT THEY WERE MISSING THEIR BATS.

SO I DON'T KNOW, THEY HAD PUT A TICKET IN FOR A CLAIM, SO.

BUT IT WAS AMAZING.

WE'RE JUST SO PROUD OF THEM. SO WE WILL BE CELEBRATING THEM.

[5. PRESENTATIONS]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR METROLINK DOUBLE TRACK PROJECT THAT'S IN DESIGN.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY DONE HELD BY METRO.

SO TODAY I HAVE BRIAN BALDERRAMA FROM METRO TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THAT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

SO WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER. THANK YOU.

BRIAN BALDERRAMA, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AT LA METRO.

OUR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OVERSEES ALL REGIONAL RAIL ACTIVITIES FOR THE COUNTY.

ONE OF OUR MAJOR ACTIVITIES IS OVERSEEING THE 150 PLUS MILES OF COMMUTER RAIL RIGHT OF WAY IN L.A.

COUNTY. WITH THAT, WE'RE ALLOTTED TO NOT ONLY COORDINATE WITH ALL THE OPERATORS THAT COME THROUGH OUR COUNTY, BUT LEAD AND MANAGE SOME OF THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

AND THE ONE WE ARE LEADING FOR YOU TODAY IS THE LONE HILL TO WHITE DOUBLE TRACK.

SO IF I CAN GET NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

OUR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT TEAM CONSIST OF L.A.

METRO LEADING THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, WORKING WITH THE MAJOR OPERATOR, METROLINK, AS WELL AS YOUR CITY AND THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS, SUPPORTED BY OUR PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT TEAM, MOFFATT & NICHOL.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS WE COORDINATE ON A WEEKLY BASIS.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS ALL OF THE OTHER AGENCIES WHERE WE NEED AS METRO DESIGN APPROVALS FROM ON ONE PROJECT ELEMENT OR ANOTHER.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS THE FEDERAL RAIL ADMINISTRATION.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH CALTRANS FOR THE SEGMENT THAT GOES UNDERNEATH THE FREEWAY.

UNION PACIFIC, BECAUSE THEY HAVE CLIENTS ALONG THIS CORRIDOR, THE COUNTY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE JURISDICTIONS WITHIN THE WASH AND CREEK, THE CITY OF POMONA FOR FULTON ROAD JUST TO GET THEIR CONSENSUS ON IT.

COUNTY THAT THEY BACK UP THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION WHICH HAS THE OUTRIGHT RAIL AUTHORITY FOR THE AREA AND ON THE END IT'S A FAIRPLEX FOOTHILL AND UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE WHICH ARE IMPORTANT PARTNERS TO METRO NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THEIR PROXIMITY TO THE RAIL, BUT WE NEED THEIR APPROVALS FROM ONE SPECIFIC PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS IS AN OVERVIEW SHOT OF THE PROJECT WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS AND YOUR CITY LA VERNE, WHICH IS JUST SHORT OF FOUR MILES OF DOUBLE TRACKING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PHASE WAS YOUR RESIDENTS WANTED TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF A TRUE QUIET ZONE

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SO WHAT METRO DID FROM THAT ENVIRONMENTAL COMMENT REVIEW PERIOD WAS ADDED VALLEY CENTER ON ONE BOOKEND AND FULTON ROAD ON THE OTHER BOOKEND THIS WAY WHEN BOTH CITIES APPLY FOR QUIET ZONE STATUS, THEY WOULD FEEL THE FULL EFFECTS BETWEEN LONE HILL AND WHITE AS WHAT WAS INITIALLY ATTENDED, WHICH IS RESULTING IN 12 QUIET ZONE CROSSINGS, WHICH ON IMPLEMENTATION IT WOULD BE THE LARGEST QUIET ZONE CORRIDOR WITHIN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

NEXT SLIDE. THE PROJECT OPERATES ON THE SAN BERNARDINO LINE, WHICH IS METROLINK'S BUSIEST OPERATING LINE, WHERE THEY HAVE ABOUT 38 TRAINS DAILY.

EVEN AFTER COVID, WHICH WAS A REDUCTION IN THEIR SERVICE AFTER 2019, THEY'RE SLOWLY RAMPING UP TO THAT 2019 LEVEL AGAIN AS PEOPLE GO BACK TO WORK AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR NOW.

SO FOR METROLINK, THEY HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE CHILDREN COULD RIDE THEIR TRAINS FOR FREE.

IF YOU JUST GO AND REGISTER THEM.

ALONG THAT LINE CURRENTLY, TODAY IS A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF SINGLE TRACK.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS A GOAL FOR THIS PROJECT.

THIS IS A LINE RELIABILITY PROJECT, NOT A CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

THE DISTINCTION IS FOR LINE RELIABILITY.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT A ONE LANE ROADWAY THAT YOU TRAVERSE IN BI DIRECTIONAL, IN ORDER FOR ANYBODY TO GET IN THEIR CAR AND MOVE TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, SOMEBODY HAS TO PULL OVER ON THE SHOULDER.

YEAH. IT'S NO DIFFERENT ON THE TRAINS.

IN ORDER FOR US TO GET EFFICIENTLY THROUGH A SINGLE TRACK, WE HAVE TO OPERATE WHERE SOMEBODY IS PULLING OVER TO THE SHOULDER FOR LONG PERIODS.

IF THERE'S A FREIGHT TRAIN COMING THROUGH AND THEY'RE NOT ON TIME, THAT COMMUTER RAIL TRAIN IS WAITING 20 TO AN HOUR WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO MOVE. ONCE WE HAVE A DOUBLE TRACK, WE CAN ALLOW OPERATIONS TO FOR CONTINUAL MOVEMENT THROUGH THE CORRIDOR, NOT ONLY FOR DAILY OPERATIONS, BUT FOR INCIDENTS.

GOD FORBID THERE'S AN INCIDENT ON THE CORRIDOR.

BUT WHEN THERE IS AN INCIDENT THAT IS OCCURRING ON THIS LOCATION, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN UNTIL WE CAN GET EVERYBODY SAFELY TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. WITH THE DOUBLE TRACK, IT WOULD CONTINUE TO SHUT DOWN THE TRACK WHERE THE INCIDENT IS OCCURRING, BUT AT A SLOWER SPEED, MOVE PEOPLE AROUND AND TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GET HOME OR TO WORK IF IT IS IN THE MORNING.

THE RELIABILITY PART IS OPERATIONALLY WE CAN MOVE PEOPLE MORE EFFICIENTLY AND CHANGE AROUND SCHEDULES THROUGHOUT THE DAY, NOT WITHOUT THE INTENTION OF ADDING MORE CAPACITY.

SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND A CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS THIS PROJECT, WHEN CONSTRUCTED, WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE TRAINS TO PASS THROUGH, AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

IF CONSTRUCTED, THIS WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR A LARGE OUTPUT OF ADDITIONAL TRAINS THROUGH THIS AREA THAT WOULD RESULT IN ADDITIONAL CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN OTHER KEY LOCATIONS ALONG THIS CORRIDOR THAT ARE CONSIDERED PINCH POINTS FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO LINE IN ORDER TO ADD THOSE ADDITIONAL TRAINS.

NEXT SLIDE. SO WHERE WE'RE AT ON THE PROJECT IS WE'RE AT WE'VE SUBMITTED OUR 60% FINAL DESIGN IN THE SUMMER AND BEFORE THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR, WE'LL BE APPROACHING OUR 90% FINAL DESIGN.

NEXT SLIDE. SOME OF THESE IMAGES SPEAK TO ALL OF THOSE AGENCIES WHERE I WAS SHOWING ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE WHERE WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL APPROVALS FROM.

AND THESE ARE JUST PICTURES OF UNDER THE 57 FREEWAY WHERE SOME OF THE CULVERTS ARE, SOME OF THE CROSSINGS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FREIGHT OPERATORS AND ALL OF YOU FOR AT EVERY INDIVIDUAL AT GRADE CROSSING.

NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THE GRAPHIC.

AND ON THE BOTTOM IT SHOWS THE CROSSINGS ALL WITHIN YOUR CITY, WHICH WE START AT SAN DIMAS CANYON AND WE GO TO FULTON ROAD.

SO AS OUT OF THE 12 CROSSINGS, THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCURATE CROSSINGS ARE WITHIN YOUR CITY OR JURISDICTION.

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WE STARTED WORKING WITH YOUR RESIDENTS IN 2017 ON THE TECHNICAL STUDIES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMMENTS THAT CAME OUT WAS NOISE AND VIBRATION AND THE IMPACTS TO THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON IN ADDITION TO THE DOUBLE TRACK IMPROVEMENTS.

DURING THAT PROCESS, WE ADDED 40% OF THE AMOUNT OF RECEIVERS WE INITIALLY INTENDED JUST TO IMPROVE THE DATA THAT WE WERE RECEIVING TO TRULY IDENTIFY THE IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT.

THROUGH THAT PROCESS WE DID CAPTURE SOME AREAS WHERE IT NEEDED THE NOISE THRESHOLDS WERE BEYOND WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE.

SO BACK IN 2019, WHAT METRO DID.

NEXT SLIDE IS GO BACK TO THE BOARD, PRESENT ALL OF THOSE FINDINGS, AND ASK OUR BOARD, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO NEXT? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY TOLD US AT THAT TIME THAT THEY WANTED US TO DO NEXT WAS LOOK AT THE TWO CONDITIONS, THE SOUND WALLS THAT WERE BEING PROPOSED AND THE QUIET ZONE ALTERNATIVE AND COMPARE WHAT WOULD PROVIDE THE GREATEST BENEFIT INSTEAD OF JUST PROVIDING THE BARE MINIMUM WITH THE TRANSIT PROJECT.

WHAT PROVIDED ABOVE AND BEYOND NOISE REDUCTION LEVELS WAS THE IMPLEMENTATION WITH THE QUIET ZONE.

WHAT THAT WOULD REQUIRE WAS AN ADDITIONAL 16 MILLION ADDED TO THE PROJECT IN ORDER TO ADD THAT NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD QUALIFY THE CITY FOR QUIET ZONE DESIGNATION AT EVERY CROSSING WITHIN YOUR CITY.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, 16 MILLION OR IF YOU ADD THAT TO THE TOTAL, OUR CURRENT DESIGN COST ESTIMATE IS $180 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE TOTAL PROJECT COST TO DATE.

NEXT SLIDE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED WAS QUIET ZONE READY.

[INAUDIBLE] THE PROJECT PROVIDES ALL OF THAT NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD FIELD DIAGNOSTICS WITH EVERY APPROVER OUT THERE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NOT ONLY HEARD WHAT THEIR COMMENTS WERE THAT WE'RE ALREADY INCLUDING WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, IN THE 60% SUBMITTAL THAT IS IN FRONT OF THEM TODAY, WE'VE INCORPORATED ALL THE COMMENTS THAT THEY PROVIDED US IN THE FIELD, AND IT INCLUDES ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

THIS WOULD ALLOW THE CITY, ONCE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED, TO FILE FOR THAT QUIET ZONE DESIGNATION, AND THEN IT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED WHERE THE HORNS WOULD BE SILENCED.

NEXT SLIDE. A QUESTION THAT WE'RE RECEIVING AND THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE USING CATARACT AVENUE IS YOU AS A CITY ARE EXPERIENCING THE CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS TO DATE FOR THE FOOTHILL GOLD LINE AUTHORITY.

SO THERE ARE CROSSINGS AT THE TAIL END OF THIS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT OVERLAP.

AND IF YOU'RE ALREADY GOING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS WITH THAT PROJECT, WHY DO YOU NEED ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT FROM WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IN OUR PROJECT? SO WHAT'S SHOWN HERE IN THE ABBREVIATION SM IS SM STANDS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY SAFETY MEASURES.

THE GOLD LINE PROJECT IS PUTTING ALL OF THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE TO MOVE THEIR OPERATIONS ONCE CONSTRUCTED.

WHAT OUR PROJECT IS DOING IS ADDING ANY SUPPLEMENTAL SAFETY MEASURE ON TOP OF WHAT THE GOAL LINE IS DOING THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT QUIET ZONE READY DESIGNATION. ONCE YOU HAVE CONSTRUCTED AN SSM AT A CROSSING, THE QUIET ZONE CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY.

THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT ELECT TO DO A BARE MINIMUM APPROACH AND TAKE ON THE HIGHER RISK OF DESIGNING THEIR AT GRADE CROSSING TO WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE TODAY.

AND THAT COULD CHANGE NEXT YEAR, THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

SO THEY'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP AND HOPE IT WORKS IN THEIR FAVOR.

WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE BY PROVIDING THESE SSMS IS TAKING THAT OUT OF THE EQUATION, AND YOU COULD SEE WHAT'S SHOWN IN THOSE GREEN. IT'S RAISED MEDIAN AND THE COLORED CROSSINGS ARE UPON THE EXITS WOULD BE THE ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT COULD BE ADDED AT A CROSSING TO DATE THAT WOULD MAKE IT FULLY SECURE NOT ONLY FOR VEHICLES, BUT FOR THOSE THAT ARE NON-MOTORIZED

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NEXT SLIDE. OUTREACH.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

THE FIRST ONE WILL BE IN YOUR CITY ON THE 30TH.

IT WILL HAVE A VIRTUAL EVENT ON THE 31ST AND THEN WILL BE IN THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS ON THE FIRST.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, WE HAVE A BOOTH THAT WE'RE MANNING OUTSIDE.

IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE US WITH ANY QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE OF THOSE EVENTS OR YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION FOR THOSE PARTICULAR EVENTS.

BUT WE CAN LEAVE YOU WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TODAY, WHICH IS SOME FLIERS PREPARING FOR THOSE EVENTS.

AND THEN THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE INVOLVED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THIS IS JUST AN INTRODUCTORY MEETING JUST TO PRESENT THAT WE GOT APPROVAL. L.A.

METRO WAS NO DIFFERENT THAN ALL OF THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, WHERE WE HAD A MAJOR REDUCTION IN BUDGET AND HAD TO ADJUST.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT WE PETITIONED EVERY YEAR TO TO INCLUDE IN THE BUDGET AND AFTER 2020, GOING INTO THE 2021 FISCAL YEAR, WE GOT APPROVAL FROM OUR BOARD TO FULLY FUND THE FINAL DESIGN WHEN METRO STARTS A FINAL DESIGN PROJECT.

WE HAVE RESOURCES TO OUR GRANTS DEPARTMENT THAT ALLOW US TO LOOK AT EVERY STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL OPPORTUNITY TO FULLY FUND THE CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THAT'S OUR INTENTION.

OUR INTENTION IS TO CONTINUE LOOKING AND OVERTURNING EVERY ROCK UNTIL WE GOT THIS PROJECT FULLY FUNDED SO WE CAN GO INTO CONSTRUCTION.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT AND YOU MISS US OUTSIDE, HERE'S SOME WAYS YOU CAN CONTACT AND LEAVE US ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

COUNCIL YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR METRO? MR. JOHNSON. I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS OR THREE, ACTUALLY.

WHAT TIMELINE DO YOU HAVE FOR CONSTRUCTION TO ACTUALLY START, SAY, ON WHITE AVENUE? LIKE METRO HAS A POLICY UNTIL WE HAVE THE DOLLARS IN THE BANK, WE CAN'T DEVELOP A CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE BECAUSE IF THERE IS A SINGLE PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNER THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN ACQUISITION PROCESS.

IT WOULD NOT BENEFIT THEM.

IF WE STARTED A PROCESS, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO PAY THEM.

YEAH. THE REASON I ASK THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION IS THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL PROGRAM IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW AND WE'VE GONE UNDER THE GOAL LINE TRACK, BUT WE DID NOT GO UNDER THE BLUE LINE TRACK APPARENTLY THAT WAS FOR SOME REASON OMITTED.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET THOSE WIRES UNDERGROUND IF THERE'S ANY WAY POSSIBLE.

SO COORDINATING THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR US.

OH, NO, NOT A PROBLEM, THERE IS DEFINITELY TIME FOR COORDINATION.

I'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOUR CITY STAFF AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE DETAILS.

GREAT. AND YOU MENTIONED QUIET ZONES AT WHITE AVENUE.

FULTON WILL THAT HAVE A QUIET ZONE AS WELL? YES. SO FROM VALLEY CENTER ON ONE BOOKEND TO FULTON, ON THE OTHER END, FRA ASSURED US THAT WITH EVERYTHING IMPLEMENTED AS SHOWN ON THE PLAN, WE WOULD NOT HAVE A PROBLEM GETTING OUR APPROVALS.

OKAY. YEAH, BECAUSE IN THE PAST THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ABOUT A TRAIN LEAVING THE STATION, WHETHER IT HAD TO BLOW THE HORN AS IT CROSSES THAT FIRST STREET OR NOT.

BUT IF WE CAN GET FULTON TO BE A QUIET ZONE AS WELL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

YES. SO AS THE BOOKENDS NOISE COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF THAT CORRIDOR WOULD NOT APPLY TO THE QUIET ZONE STATUS, BUT ONCE YOU'RE WITHIN THOSE LIMITS, IT'S SILENCING.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER LAU? NOTHING.

COUNCIL MEMBER KASH. YES.

I WAS JUST KIND OF JUST DWELLING ON ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I HAVE IS DOES METRO HAVE A PLAN ON ADDRESSING THE HOMELESS ISSUE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE IN LA VERNE. HOMELESS IS A BIG CONCERN TO METRO.

METRO IS ACTUALLY DOING WHAT THEY CAN IN THE 23 BUDGET TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS HEAD ON.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WITH OUR PARTNERS AT METROLINK IS INCREASE OUR FUNDING BY $1 MILLION DOLLARS TO SUPPORT ANY TRESPASSING, HOMELESSNESS, ENCAMPMENTS, ESPECIALLY SHOWN WITHIN THE RAILROAD CORRIDOR.

WELL, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. WOULD THAT FUNDING COME TO OUR CITY TO BE USED IN ORDER TO ACCESS SOME OF THAT.

IF YOU SEE ANY ACTIVITY WITHIN THE RAILROAD CORRIDOR IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

OKAY. YOU CAN DEFINITELY GIVE US A CALL.

AND WE WOULD PUT METROLINK ON.

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[LAUGHTER] I'M JUST. [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THAT. I'M NOT A CONSTRUCTION GUY BY ANY MEANS.

ENGINEERING WASN'T MY UNDERGRAD.

HOWEVER, ONE THING FOR ME IS, IS OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

TRAINS ARE GREAT. I USED TO LIVE RIGHT BY 100 FEET AWAY FROM THE [INAUDIBLE] AND WALNUT AND C STREET WAS MY FIRST HOUSE THAT I PURCHASED HERE IN LA VERNE WAS I USE TO SEE THAT TRAIN GOING LEFT AND RIGHT.

I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A QUIET ZONE ANYWHERE NEAR THERE AT THE TIME THAT TRAIN WOULD GO OFF I'D DROP LIKE A TRAY OR TWO IN THE HOUSE.

SO. BUT IT'S RIGHT NOW AT METRO IT'S ALL ABOUT EQUITY.

SO THAT'S GREAT.

IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING.

THE VERY START THAT OUR BOARD SAW WAS IMPROVING METROLINK'S BUDGET TO ADDRESS ANYTHING, ANY ACTIVITY THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE ALONG THE RAILROAD CORRIDOR.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. WOULD YOU MIND SHARING THE INFORMATION ON THE MEETING ON AUGUST 30TH AND AUGUST 31ST JUST BECAUSE WE ARE BEING RECORDED IN ADDITION TO HAVING A LIVE AUDIENCE? SO IF ANYONE IS ABLE TO WATCH THE MEETING, THEY CAN GET THE INFORMATION WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THE OTHER ROUTES THAT YOU IDENTIFIED.

SO DO YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION ON THE MEETING ON AUGUST 30TH AND 31ST? YES. OKAY. JOSH, DO YOU HAVE A FLIER? SO JOSH IS COMING OVER.

HE'S ONE OF OUR AND WHILE HE'S BRINGING THAT UP, IF YOU COULD BE SURE TO SEND THAT INFORMATION TO SHAWN, I WILL BE SURE TO PUSH IT OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM SO PEOPLE CAN GET IT THAT WAY AS WELL. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE POST THAT OUT ON ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR SURE.

YEP. YEAH. OKAY.

SO REAL QUICKLY, WE WILL BE HERE TUESDAY, AUGUST 30TH FROM 6 TO 8 P.M..

SO WE'LL BE USING THIS SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY MEETING.

AND THEN VIRTUALLY ON THE FLIERS OUT THERE, WE HAVE A LINK SO YOU CAN GO TO THAT LINK AND REGISTER FOR THE ONLINE WEBINAR IF YOU PREFER THAT.

AND THEN SAN DIMAS MEETING IS GOING TO BE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST AT THEIR PLUMMER COMMUNITY BUILDING, AND THAT WILL BE FROM 6 TO 8.

SO ALL THE INFORMATION WILL BE RELATIVELY THE SAME, BUT THE MEETINGS IN EACH CITY WILL BE MORE TAILORED TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IT'S IN.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

WE'LL HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE GOLD LINE AUTHORITY, AS WELL AS METROLINK THERE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM AS WELL.

YOU DID SAY TACO TRUCK.

I WISH. [LAUGHTER] I'M JUST CLARIFYING.

YOU CAN'T DO MARGARITAS AND BEER, BUT WE CAN DO A TACO TRUCK.

THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

WE DO APPRECIATE OUR CITIES LOOKING VERY FORWARD TO THESE QUIET ZONES.

AND AS WE HAVE OUR I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT'S CALLED NOW, BUT THE GOLD LINE, L LINE, BLUE LINE.

BUT AS WE FINISH THAT AND PUTTING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AS COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON SAID, IF THERE IS ANYTHING I KNOW OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, ERIC SCHEER THERE IS A ONE ISSUE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE TO TEAR ANYTHING OUT AS WE PUT THIS BEAUTIFUL STUFF IN.

SO WE'RE CLOSELY, BUT WE'RE LOOKING VERY FORWARD TO THAT AND COMMUNICATING AND MAKING SURE OUR RESIDENTS GET THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MUCH QUIETER THAN IT HAS BEEN.

SO WE LOOK VERY FORWARD TO THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE MOVE INTO RECOGNITION OF RETIRING CITY MANAGER BOB RUSSI FOR HIS LONG TIME LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE LA VERNE COMMUNITY.

AFTER 22 YEARS, YOU DON'T LOOK A DAY OVER 25 WITH THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

BUT CITY MANAGER RUSSI ANNOUNCED HE WILL BE RETIRING.

HE WAS HIRED IN 2001 AND WAS APPOINTED CITY MANAGER IN 2010.

NOW, I KNOW THERE'S SOME PRESENTATIONS THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE.

PLEASE JUST POP UP AND LET ME KNOW.

DEVORAH, PLEASE.

PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, YOU HAVE THE MIC.

THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE.

THE ONLY UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE.

SO I'D LIKE TO IN THESE COUPLE OF MINUTES, BOB.

FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE IS SO HONORED TO BE PART OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE, AND I BELIEVE THAT VERY MUCH OF THE RELATIONSHIP, THE EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP THAT THE CITY HAS WITH THE UNIVERSITY IS BECAUSE OF YOU. AND 12 YEARS AGO, WHEN I ASSUMED THIS POSITION, THIS AUGUST POSITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE.

I REMEMBER VIVIDLY SITTING IN THE OFFICE AROUND THE CORNER WITH YOU, WITH MAYOR KENDRICK, WITH CHARLIE ROSALES, AND THINKING, OH, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LOVE FEST.

AND I WAS TOLD WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT PARKING AND THE NEED.

AND DON KENDRICK VERY WISELY SAID, WE DON'T HAVE A PARKING PROBLEM, WE HAVE A WALKING PROBLEM.

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I'M FREE.

I'M DONE HERE.

AND THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION, IT WAS THE DISCUSSION WAS ABOUT NOT HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ADVERSARIAL, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO TOGETHER SO THAT THE UNIVERSITY IS BETTER AND THE CITY OF LA VERNE IS BETTER? AS A RESULT OF THAT INITIAL CONVERSATION, WE BUILT THIS LOVELY PARKING STRUCTURE, WHICH I THINK ADDRESSED OUR ISSUES AND THE CITY'S ISSUES.

I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE THAT WAS ABOUT 11 YEARS AGO, ALMOST 12.

AND I BELIEVE BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR AND WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND WITH OTHERS, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE IS AN EXEMPLAR FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

AND THIS YOU DON'T OFTEN HEAR OF TOWN GOWN BEING NOT A LOVE FEST, BUT TOWN GOWN BEING SO WILLING TO COMPROMISE, TO COLLABORATE AND TO BUILD BRIDGES BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE UNIVERSITY.

BOB RUSSI YOU ARE A TESTAMENT TO WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A BRIDGE BUILDER, AND WE THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE FOR MAKING US BETTER AND MAKING THE CITY BETTER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] BOB, CAN I SUGGEST THAT WE DO THESE PHOTOS AFTER? YOU'RE GOING TO STICK AROUND, OR ARE YOU LEAVING? YOUR LEAVING? [INAUDIBLE] DID YOU SAY THAT MR. RUSSI WAS GOING TO PAY FOR OUR PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE? I HEARD THAT. THAT IS SO GENEROUS, SHE SAID, FREE SCHOLARSHIP.

[LAUGHTER] YOU WANT ME TO BRING YOU DOWN? YEAH, EXACTLY.

PREVIOUS COUNCILMEMBER ROBIN CARDER.

COME ON UP. WE GET EVERYONE HERE.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

HE ALWAYS WANTED THE PARKING STRUCTURE, REMEMBER? WE WERE HAVING COFFEE ONE DAY, AND SHE SAID, I'VE NEVER SPENT THIS MUCH MONEY ON NOTHING TO DO WITH EDUCATION IN MY WHOLE LIFE.

I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND IT, BUT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED IT.

SO THANK YOU.

WELL, GOOD EVENING.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK WENDY FOR PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR US.

WE REALLY WANTED TO HAVE THIS TIME TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

BOB, AS YOU CAN SEE, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT HAS EVER SERVED WITH YOU UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP IS HERE TONIGHT.

WHEN I CALLED AND WHEN I CONTACTED ALL OF THEM TO SEE IF THEY WERE AVAILABLE TO COME BECAUSE WE WANTED TO DO THIS, THEY DROPPED EVERYTHING THEY HAD.

TONIGHT IS EVEN DONNA'S BIRTHDAY, AND SHE GAVE UP HER BIRTHDAY DINNER TO BE HERE.

[APPLAUSE] MARGARITAS.

MARGARITAS. THERE'S A LOT OF LOVE HERE FOR YOU, BOB.

I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

BECAUSE THEY'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING IS I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

YOU ALWAYS LED US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND THAT'S WHY I THINK YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT HERE TONIGHT OF EVERYBODY THAT SERVED UNDER YOU.

AND RICK, TOO. HE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HIM, TOO.

IS THAT YOU LET US, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDED AND WHAT WE WANTED TO DO.

EVEN WHEN WE CAME UP WITH AN IDEA YOU SAT DOWN WITH US TO SEE HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS WORK? IS IT THE RIGHT IDEA TO GO FORWARD? BUT YOU LET US BE THE ONES TO MAKE THE DECISION.

AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP.

AND I WILL TURN IT OVER NOW TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.

BUT THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

YOU GUYS WON'T WANT TO STAND HERE.

I GAVE YOU A WARNING, CHARLIE.

THERE'LL BE LUNCH AT THE INTERMISSION.

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN PAGE ONE AND PAGE TWO.

OVER 20 YEARS AGO, THEN CITY MANAGER MARTIN LOMELI WENT OUT TO DO A SEARCH FOR A NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

THIS WAS REALLY AN IMPORTANT STEP IN OUR CITY BECAUSE WE ALWAYS WANTED TO PROMOTE WITHIN.

SO HE BECAME SO THIS BECAME THE SEARCH OF MARTY'S REPLACEMENT.

EVEN THOUGH MARTY WASN'T READY TO RETIRE, MARTY WAS RAISED IN LA VERNE.

HIS FATHER SERVED IN THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE FIFTIES, AND BOTH LOVED OUR CITY A LOT.

THE SEARCH WAS CRITICAL IN KEEPING WITHIN THE HIGH STANDARDS OF OUR CITY WHAT IT MEANT TO THE RESIDENTS HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE.

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BOB RUSSI BECAME THAT SEARCHED PERSON AND CAME TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE APPROXIMATELY 22, 23 YEARS AGO.

HE CAME WITH HIGH PRAISE FROM THE CITY, FROM THE PREVIOUS EMPLOYER, AND LA VERNE GOT LUCKY.

FROM ONE OF THE BEST CITY MANAGERS IN MARTIN LOMELI, BOB LEARNED AND HE LEARNED WELL.

APPROXIMATELY 12 YEARS AGO, WHEN MARTIN LOMELI RETIRED, BOB WAS UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AS OUR NEXT CITY MANAGER.

WHAT AWAITED BOB WAS ALMOST UNFAIR.

THE SUBPRIME LOAN MARKET WAS COMING UNRAVELED AN OUR COUNTRY WAS BEGINNING WHAT WOULD BECOME KNOWN AS THE GREAT RECESSION.

WELCOME TO CITY MANAGEMENT.

WITH PRUDENT CITY SERVICES WERE PRESERVED WITH NO NOTICEABLE REDUCTIONS, ALL WHILE NO TERMINATIONS OF EMPLOYEES TOOK PLACE.

THE ONLY CITY AROUND THAT DIDN'T TERMINATE ANY EMPLOYEES.

THANK YOU, BOB.

FROM THE GREAT RECESSION ON EMPLOYEE TEAMWORK OF HARD DECISIONS TOOK PLACE WITH ONE MAJOR STEP BEING THE CITY EMPLOYEES PAID A PORTION OF THEIR RETIREMENT.

A VERY BIG AND RESPECTED STEP BY ALL OF US.

A FINANCIAL STABILITY PLAN WAS CREATED TO BETTER LAY OUT OUR FUTURE FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY.

ONE OF THE ITEMS DEEMED HOPEFUL WASN'T SURE IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN BUT WAS NECESSARY WAS THE CREATION OF A PENSION OBLIGATION BOND, WHICH WE GOT REALLY LUCKY ON THAT ONE.

AND IT HAS SAVED OUR RESIDENTS TENS OF MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE PAYOFF OF THAT LOAN IN MAKING OUR CITY MORE SUSTAINABLE AND STABLE.

SOON AFTER, BOB BECAME OUR CITY MANAGER, A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHICH IN THE CITY IS KNOWN AS CIP, WAS ESTABLISHED WHERE ONE TIME MONEY COULD GO ALONG WITH BUDGET AMOUNT TO DO PROJECTS AROUND THE CITY WHICH HAD NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.

MANY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED UNDER THIS PROGRAM AND OUR CITY IS BETTER FOR IT AND YOU CAN GO AROUND OUR CITY AND FIND EXAMPLES OF THAT.

WE HAVE INCREASED OUR REQUIRED GENERAL FUND RESERVES FROM 10 TO 15% AND SITTING RIGHT NOW ON RESERVES OF APPROXIMATELY 30% AT THIS TIME. ISN'T IT NICE TO KNOW THAT NEST EGG EXISTS IN CASE SOMETHING STUPID HAPPENS LIKE A PANDEMIC COMES ALONG? [LAUGHTER] OH, IT DID.

AND WE WEATHERED IT VERY NICELY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BOB.

WE HAVE SEEN AN EXPANSION OF OUR DOWNTOWN OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS AS WELL, WITH RETAIL EXPANDING TO THE NORTH SIDE OF BONITA.

PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, LA VERNE BOASTED OVER 100 RESTAURANTS CITYWIDE.

A WELL KNOWN AND LIFELONG RESIDENT AND A FRIEND OF MINE OF CLAREMONT SAID TO ME THAT LA VERNE HAD BETTER RESTAURANTS THAN THEY DID.

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HEAR THAT.

NOT SURE IT'S TRUE, BUT SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE OVER THERE ARE SAYING IT.

AT THE SAME TIME FOOTHILL BOULEVARD HAD ONLY 4% VACANCY NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE.

IN 2014, THE CITY BEGAN MEETING INFORMALLY WITH FAIRPLEX AN THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE DEVORAH WAS INVOLVED IN THAT.

THE PRESIDENT, CEO OF THE FAIRPLEX WAS INVOLVED.

THE DISCUSSION WAS THE GOLD LINE, THE DEVELOPMENT, AND HOW WE COULD EACH HELP EACH OTHER IN THIS DEVELOPMENT.

FROM THOSE MANY DISCUSSIONS CAME THE EIFD, WHICH IS CALLED THE ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING DISTRICT, BECAUSE GOVERNOR BROWN GOT RID OF IT THE OTHER WAY WE COULD FINANCE IT.

LA VERNE WAS THE FIRST CITY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO PASS THIS CRITICAL ORDINANCE, THE VERY FIRST CITY TO ATTRACT THE NECESSARY DEVELOPERS FOR A GOLD LINE DEVELOPMENT.

LA VERNE WAS LEADING THAT.

IN ADDITION, THE IDEA OF A BRIDGE FROM THE GOLD LINE STATION AT FAIRPLEX BEGAN BEING DISCUSSED AND THROUGH THOSE DISCUSSIONS WILL BECOME A REALITY, AND I THINK TIM IS HELPING WITH FINANCING THAT THROUGH THE PLACE.

THANK YOU.

A TACO TRUCK. HEY, YOU HEARD IT.

PRIOR TO THAT, THE CITY ADOPTED A SPECIFIC PLAN THAT OUTLINED PREFERRED DEVELOPMENT IN THE DESIGNATED CORRIDOR AROUND THE GOLD LINE, WHICH INCLUDED RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

THAT PLAN WON AWARDS IN BOTH COUNTY AND STATE.

BOB HAS LAID OUT A PLAN IN EACH DEPARTMENT THAT ALLOWS HIM TO RETIRE AND OUR CITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MINIMUM INTERRUPTIONS, MAINLY DUE TO EXCEPTIONAL EMPLOYEES.

BOB HAS SURROUNDED HIMSELF WITH OUTSTANDING DEPARTMENT HEADS AND OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, AND OUR POLICE CHIEF AND OUR FIRE CHIEF.

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NOT ALL HAS BEEN SMOOTH SAILING.

BUT THE OUTCOME APPEARS TO BE HOPEFULLY CLEAR SKIES AHEAD.

[INAUDIBLE] JUST A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT HAVE UNDERSCORED BOB'S TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND THE PEOPLE STANDING BEHIND ME HAVE ALL BEEN A PART OF THAT. BOB HAS ALWAYS HAD THE HIGHEST REGARD FOR OUR CITY AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PERSON OF IMPECCABLE INTEGRITY AND CHARACTER.

I KNOW THAT FROM THE RESIDENTS I CAN SAY A HUGE THANK YOU.

IN MY OPINION, BOB RUSSI HAS BEEN THE FINEST CITY MANAGER THE CITY OF LA VERNE HAS EVER HAD.

AND FOR THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, BOB.

[APPLAUSE] THAT'S WHY.

YOU WANT TO READ IT? THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T FOLLOW ROBIN.

BECAUSE SHE ALWAYS TOOK THE THUNDER FROM ME.

BUT AT THAT TIME, DON DID THE SAME THING.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE SOME OF THE AMBITIONS THAT I HAD FOR THE CITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I'M NOT SURE THAT I CAN GO THROUGH ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT WHERE YOU EXPRESSED YOUR DESIRE FOR ME TO CALM DOWN.

[LAUGHTER] HOW MANY TIMES YOU SAID, ARE YOU CRAZY AND OFFERING ME NARCOTICS TO MAKE ME SLEEP . [LAUGHTER] THAT ASIDE, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORTS THAT YOU HAD GIVEN TO THE CITY TO MAKE US WHO WE ARE.

WE TOOK ON SOME AMBITIOUS PROGRAMS, AND I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE ON SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS. AND I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT.

AND WE'LL GET OUT AND TEE IT UP.

[APPLAUSE] OH, YEAH.

BOB, THANK YOU. TEN YEARS I WAS SERVED WITH YOU.

YOU ALWAYS USED TO SAY, LET ME GET THIS RIGHT.

YOU DON'T. I DON'T WORK FOR YOU.

YOU WORK FOR ME BECAUSE I ALWAYS USED TO CONSIDER YOU THE LEADER, THE ONE THAT WE WOULD GO TO FOR ALL THE ANSWERS.

AND YOU WERE THAT PERSON.

EVEN IF WE WERE YOUR BOSS, YOU WERE THE ONE THAT HELPED US GUIDED US SUPPORTED US.

PROVIDED US WITH THE ANSWERS THAT WE OFTEN DIDN'T HAVE OURSELVES UNTIL WE HAD YOUR GUIDANCE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN I RETIRED, I DID NOT MISS YOUR PHONE CALLS [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE EVERY TIME BOB CALLED, I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING BAD. SO.

YEAH, SO THAT PART, I'M NOT SORRY THAT THAT'S OVER, BUT I DO WISH YOU THE VERY, VERY BEST.

YOU AND TINA. I'M SO HAPPY FOR.

I'M SORRY, LISA.

SORRY. MY GOD, THAT WAS HORRIBLE.

I WISH YOU THE BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT AND THAT YOU.

YEAH, OF COURSE. IT'S DONNA REDMAN MAKING THE MISTAKE, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US AND THE CITY.

AND MY MOM ALSO WANTED ME TO TELL YOU THAT SHE WISHES YOU THE VERY BEST.

SO THANK YOU. AFTER DON'S SPEECH, I THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE HERE FOR DONNA'S NEXT BIRTHDAY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

I RETIRED FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT 17 YEARS AGO.

YOU KNOW, GIVEN AWAY MY AGE A BIT HERE.

BUT PRIOR TO THAT, WITH CITY ATTORNEY BOB KRESS AND A ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FROM CLAREMONT, I WAS ON THE PANEL THAT HIRED BOB.

I CAN REMEMBER VIVIDLY HE DID A GREAT JOB IN THE INTERVIEW, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE.

BUT AFTER THAT I WENT IN TO SEE THEN CITY MANAGER MARTIN LOMELI.

I SAID, MARTY, DON'T BE CHEAP.

WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS GUY AWAY FROM WALNUT.

SO DON'T GO CHEAP.

WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THIS GUY.

HE'LL WORK OUT VERY WELL FOR US.

YOU KNOW, I HIRED A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.

AND I GOT TO SAY, YOU WERE PROBABLY THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PERSON THAT I EVER WAS INVOLVED WITH IN HIRING.

AND YOU'VE DONE A FABULOUS JOB WITH THE CITY.

AND I WORKED WITH YOU AS YOUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WHEN I WAS POLICE CHIEF, ALWAYS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE POLICE IN GENERAL.

SO AGAIN, BOB, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT AND WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE GOLF COURSE.

ALL RIGHT, BUDDY. [APPLAUSE] I GOT TO ENJOY FIVE YEARS WITH YOUR

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WE GOT TO CREATE SOME INTERESTING AND FUN AND REALLY OUTLANDISH SOLUTIONS FOR OUR WONDERFUL CITY HERE IN LA VERNE AND IN EVERY STEP OF THE WAY YOU WERE BOTH SUPPORTIVE, AS IF ROLLING OUT A BUFFET THAT NOBODY KNEW WHAT WAS THERE.

BUT BY THE TIME WE WERE DONE WITH IT, WE WERE ALL SURPRISED AT THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE FOR OUR CITY, SUCH AS THE PENSION OBLIGATION BOND, AS WELL AS FIGURING OUT WAYS TO HELP FINANCE OUR RESTAURANTS OR COMMUNITY BUSINESSES IN WAYS THAT THE STATE HAD DECIDED THAT SHOULD BE MORE LOCAL.

AND I DO GET THE PLEASURE OF READING A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION THAT WE, THE COUNCIL, HAVE PREPARED FOR YOU, OR RATHER, I SHOULD JUST OWN IT.

I WROTE IT. [LAUGHTER] SO WHATEVER'S EMBARRASSING, IT'S ON ME.

WHATEVER THEY LIKE, THEY CAN HELP ACCEPT.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU AND A CARD.

RECOGNITION FOR YOUR SERVICE TO LA VERNE 22 YEARS.

WHEREAS WE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, PAST AND PRESENT, WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE MANY YEARS OF BOB RUSSI'S SERVICE TO OUR CITY, WHEREAS BOB RUSSI IS RETIRING AND BEGINNING A NEW ADVENTURE. WHEREAS COUNCIL HAS OFTENTIMES SENT BOB ROUND AND ROUND, AS ATTESTED BY REMARKS OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.

NOW, THEREFORE, ON THIS DAY, AUGUST 15, 2022, DONNA REDMOND'S BIRTHDAY, WE THE UNDERSIGNED, OFFER BOB MANY THANKS AND A ROUND OR MORE OF GOLF TO PLAY AT TUSTIN RANCH GOLF CLUB.

AND WE'LL NEED TO GET RICK CROSBY'S SIGNATURE ON HERE BECAUSE HE'S COVID PICTURED. I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS PICTURE.

I'M GOING TO ASK I'M GOING TO GET THE BENEFIT OF GETTING ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS I WORKED WITH COME DOWN THERE AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH ME.

SO THIS ONE, I WANT TO JUST.

YES. READY? ONE.

ANY PHONE? RIGHT HERE.

SMILE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE.

SUPPOSED TO BE LOWER HERE WE GO.

YEAH. CAN I GET ONE WITH ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? ANYONE ELSE? LEAH COME ON UP. ON BEHALF OF THE LA VERNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ON THE OCCASION OF YOUR RETIREMENT FROM THE CITY OF LA VERNE, WE OFFER OUR SINCERE THANKS AND GRATITUDE FOR YOUR.

AND I MADE A TYPO HERE.

IT SAYS 120.

[LAUGHTER] NOT BAD REP.

YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT, LISA? WAS IT DORIAN GRAY? WHAT IS THAT? WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE YEARS OF ASSISTANCE, GUIDANCE AND OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP YOU HAVE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

PERSONALLY, IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE WORKING WITH YOU.

I'VE BEEN TRULY INSPIRED BY YOUR CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE AND OUT-OF-THE-BOX THINKING TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

AND WE DO THRIVE UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.

YOU WILL BE TRULY MISSED, SIR.

[APPLAUSE] WAIT. YOU WANT TO DO A?

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YEAH. VICKI, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, UNBELIEVABLE CERTIFICATES THAT ANYBODY MAKES IS LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

HELLO. AND AS A SMALL TOKEN OF THE SUPERVISOR'S GRATITUDE FOR WORKING SO COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR OFFICE. SANDRA, WHO TRANSFERRED DOWNTOWN, SHARED A LOT OF MOMENTS WITH ME AND TIMES WHEN SOMETHING WAS GOING ON AND WE WOULD SAY, BOB'S GOING TO CALL SOON.

AND HE SURE WOULD.

BUT BOB, YOU'VE REALLY HAD THE PULSE OF THE CITY, AND NOT EVERY CITY MANAGER IS AS PASSIONATE AND MOTIVATED AND CARES AS MUCH FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

I CAN SAY THAT SINCE I WORK WITH A LOT OF CITIES, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE YEARS.

I'M SURE YOU'RE READY TO RELAX A BIT.

AND ON BEHALF OF THE SUPERVISOR, I HOPE THAT YOU REALLY ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE.

THANK YOU, VICKI. [APPLAUSE]. ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE. GEORGE.

WELL, BOB, YOU BEAT ME TO IT.

[LAUGHTER] YEAH, WELL, YOU AND I HAVE SHARED A DISTINCTION OF BASICALLY STARTING HERE IN 2001.

YOU CAME HERE IN MARCH, AND I FOLLOWED YOU IN AUGUST.

IT'S BEEN OVER 21 YEARS.

AND THE ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT IS THAT THE AMOUNT OF HOW SUPPORTIVE CITY STAFF HAVE BEEN TOWARD ME, TOWARD MY CREW, TOWARD LIBRARY PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

EVEN THOUGH I'M A COUNTY SUPERVISOR OVERSEEING ACCOUNTING FACILITY, CITY STAFF HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WELCOMING.

AND EXCUSE ME, SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE ACTUALLY SAID WE CONSIDER YOU ONE OF OUR OWN.

I MEAN, I COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN A GREATER COMPLIMENT AND HAVE A BETTER WORKING RELATIONSHIP THAN I'VE HAD OVER THE LAST 21 YEARS PLUS YEARS.

THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.

THIS THE CITY SUPPORTED LIBRARY IS DIRECTLY DUE TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AND AS MAN AS CITY MANAGER.

AND IT QUICKLY SHOWED ITSELF IN SEVERAL SITUATIONS.

AND YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER SEVERAL YEARS AFTER I STARTED AND THE COUNTY CUT OUR PERIODICALS BUDGET DRASTICALLY TO THE POINT WHERE I WOULD HAVE TO DROP 30 TITLES FROM OUR COLLECTION. BECAUSE OF THE RECEPTION I RECEIVED FROM YOU, FROM THE OTHER STAFF, I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU TO SEE IF ANYTHING COULD BE DONE.

AND I EXPLAINED THE SITUATION TO YOU.

AND YOU ENTERED A CONVERSATION SAYING, GEORGE, GIVE ME A FEW DAYS.

I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

I KNEW THAT WHAT YOU SAID WAS GENUINE.

IT WAS SINCERE. SO I WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECTLY HAPPY JUST IF THERE WAS NO OUTCOME.

I JUST KNEW THAT YOU MADE AN EFFORT TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP THE LIBRARY.

I HAD A PLEASANT SURPRISE A FEW DAYS LATER WHEN YOU TOLD ME I'M COLLECTING CHECKS FROM THE LA VERNE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION AND POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, AND THOSE FUNDS COVERED THE COST OF KEEPING THOSE 30 MAGAZINES.

LATER ON, WHEN WE INTRODUCED THE BOOKS FOR THE MILITARY PROGRAM WHERE THE FRIENDS OF LA VERNE LIBRARY, THEY PURCHASED OR COLLECTED BRAND NEW OR LIKE NEW BOOKS THAT WERE SENT TO LA VERNE RESIDENTS SERVING IN THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY.

THIS WENT ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

I COLLECTED ANYWHERE FROM 800 TO 1000 PAPERBACKS EVERY YEAR AND I CARTED THOSE TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER NEXT DOOR AND I WATCHED THE CITY STAFF, THE COMMUNITY CENTER STAFF PACKAGE THOSE PAPERBACKS AND THE CITY PAID FOR THE SHIPPING.

AMAZING. I COULDN'T HAVE ASK FOR ANYTHING AT ALL.

THROUGHOUT THE YEARS YOU HAVE INDIRECTLY AND DIRECTLY SUPPORTED OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

YOU HAVE PROMOTED OUR WORK ON YOUR CITY NEWSLETTER.

YOU HAVE MADE SPACE PLENTY OF SPACE AVAILABLE TO PARKS AND REC AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR OUR REGULAR FLIERS.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR MYSELF AND FOR MY STAFF, FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.

AND I KNOW THIS IS YOUR LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND YOU'RE OFF TO YOUR NEW ADVENTURES AN YOUR RETIREMENT.

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YOU'VE EARNED IT.

AND THANK YOU AND GODSPEED.

[APPLAUSE] MR. GABALDON.

BOB, I'VE PROBABLY ONLY KNOWN YOU, I THINK, AS CLOSELY AS I'LL ADMIT, FOR MAYBE TWO YEARS, AND SO I PRETTY MUCH COMING IN HERE AND PROBABLY COMPLAIN ABOUT MORE THAN I SHOULD HAVE.

AND I THINK OVER THAT TIME I REALIZED THAT SITTING ON THAT SIDE OF THE DAIS, THERE'S 30,000 VOICES IN LA VERNE, AND ALL HAVE OUR OPINIONS AND HOW THINGS SHOULD WORK IN THE CITY AND WHAT THE OUTCOMES SHOULD BE.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE ALWAYS AGREED ON EVERYTHING.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S SUCH A THING AS A PERFECT PERSON OR A PERFECT JOB DONE.

THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, BUT I THINK GENERALLY SPEAKING, QUANTIFIABLY AND VERIFIABLY, THE COMMUNITY OF LA VERNE HAS BENEFITED BY YOUR TENURE.

I THINK THAT ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO REFUTE THAT, THAT'S THEIR OPINION.

BUT I THINK THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE.

EVERYBODY THAT CAME UP HERE HAD SOMETHING TO SAY THAT WE CAN ALL GO OUTSIDE THIS ROOM AND SEE FOR OURSELVES.

WE SEE A NEW FIRE CHIEF IN THIS ROOM.

WE SEE A NEW POLICE CHIEF IN THIS ROOM.

WE SEE A BALANCED BUDGET.

WE SEE A SURPLUS. WE SEE ALL THOSE THINGS THAT ARE POSITIVE AND A REFLECTION OF YOUR WORK AND THE COUNCILS WHO HAVE SERVED WITH YOU AND WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE BEYOND.

SO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING. [APPLAUSE] SHERRY BEST.

HERE COMES BOB. SHE'S GOING TO ASK FOR MONEY.

I KNOW SHE IS THAT ENGINE.

WE HAVE OUR ENGINE.

WE NEED A NEW WIRING KIT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THE KIDS ARE GOING TO PUT IT IN.

WE'LL WORK ON THAT.

OKAY. TO MAYOR HEPBURN AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

CITY MANAGER BOB RUSSI HAS MADE A POSITIVE, PROFOUND DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF LA VERNE RESIDENTS.

SINCE BECOMING PRESIDENT OF THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY I'VE LEARNED A LITTLE ABOUT HOW THE CITY IS MANAGED AND WHAT ITS CITIZENS VALUE IN THEIR LEADERS.

MR. RUSSI, IN ALL OUR INTERACTIONS, YOU HAVE BEEN THOUGHTFUL, ENCOURAGING AND DEEPLY ACQUAINTED WITH ALL THE TOPICS OF DISCUSSION.

AT COUNCIL MEETINGS I'VE ADMIRED YOUR PRUDENT FISCAL ANALYSIS THAT'S ALWAYS KEPT THE BENEFIT OF LA VERNE AND ITS RESIDENTS AT THE CENTER. WHEN YOU RESPOND TO RESIDENTS QUESTIONS, IT IS ALWAYS WITH EVEN TEMPERED RESPECT.

OVER TIME, I'VE DEVELOPED A PROFOUND SENSE OF TRUST IN YOUR COMMENTS AND DECISIONS.

MY TRUST IS NOW PLACED IN THE HANDS OF OUR MAYOR AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO SELECT A CITY MANAGER WITH MR. RUSSI'S MANAGERIAL QUALITIES AND HIS STRENGTH OF CHARACTER.

THIS WILL BE, AS THEY SAY, A HEAVY LIFT.

AS THEY BEND TO THEIR TASK, I WANT TO THANK BOB RUSSI AND WISH HIM MUCH HAPPINESS AS HE BEGINS THIS NEXT CHAPTER OF HIS LIFE.

YOU ARE SO VERY DESERVING OF OUR PRAISE AND THANKS.

THANK YOU, BOB. [APPLAUSE] ANYONE ELSE? COME ON UP. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

KATHY CALLUSECK.

SO BACK WHEN MY MOM HAD HER SHOP IN DOWNTOWN LA VERNE AND SHE WAS A BIG PART OF THE DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS, SHE ALWAYS SPOKE SO HIGHLY OF YOU.

SHE SAID YOU WERE SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL CITY MANAGER.

AND WHEN I STARTED TO GET INVOLVED AND COME TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT WAS GOING ON, I SAW THAT SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

SO YOU WILL BE TOUGH TO REPLACE AND WE WILL MISS YOU.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY.

[APPLAUSE] THANKS, KATHY. MR. ALLISON. I WANT TO BE QUICK, BECAUSE A LOT MORE IMPORTANT PEOPLE SAID A LOT MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAN I DID.

BUT ONE THING I WANT TO JUST LIFT UP IN THIS SPACE IS HOW YOU'VE LET ALL THE RESIDENTS FEEL SEEN.

WE ARE A DIVERSE CITY, VERY DIVERSE CITY WITH DIVERSE NARRATIVES AND BACKGROUNDS AND OPINIONS AND PERSPECTIVES.

AND YOU'VE WEIGHED THOSE IN SUCH A MASTERFUL, AUTHENTIC WAY, AND YOU'VE EXUDED REAL LEADERSHIP.

AND AS A BLACK MAN IN THIS CITY WHO'S OFTEN WONDERED WHETHER OR NOT MY FAMILY HAS ANY PLACE HERE YOU'VE CONSTANTLY

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YOU ALLOWED US TO BE HEARD, AND YOU'VE WEIGHED THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE HERE IN THIS CITY SO THAT WE CAN ALL HAVE A VOICE.

CASI EXISTS BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOU AND DON KENDRICKS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE CITY WILL BE INDEBTED TO YOU FOR IN PERPETUITY.

THANK YOU, BOB. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? I'D LIKE TO SAY WHO YOU ARE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

EVERYBODY'S WELCOME.

THERE YOU GO. NOW I SEE YOU.

I CAME TO THIS CITY ON THE BRINK OF MY DIVORCE FROM MY PARENTS, I MEAN, FOR MY KID'S FATHER.

AND WE LEFT JORDAN.

IT HAD TURNED INTO AN S SHOW.

THERE WAS GANG SHOOTING.

THERE WAS A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE LIVE YEARS PAST SOME OF THAT WE KNEW IT WAS COMING AGAIN.

AND WHEN I WAS ABLE TO BUY A HOUSE HERE, I WAS SHOCKED.

IT WAS ONLY BECAUSE OF THE INHERITANCE OF MY MOTHER'S HOUSE.

AND THROUGH LIFE I'M ALWAYS KNOWN AS LIKE IF I TURN UP DEAD, THERE'S GOING TO BE SO MANY SUSPECTS BECAUSE I DON'T LET PEOPLE GET AWAY WITH IT.

I'M A PETITE WOMAN.

BUT I STAND UP FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

I HAVE A LOUD VOICE AND I'M SOMEONE TO CONTEND WITH.

AND I MAKE THINGS HAPPEN WHEN I HAVE TO.

BUT SITTING HERE, BY THE WAY, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO CRY, PINCH YOUR NOSTRILS REAL TIGHT IT WORKS.

[LAUGHTER] I'M TELLING YOU, IT WORKS.

IT LOOKS FUNNY, BUT, HEY, THAT'S OKAY.

BUT THE THING IS, I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE UNTIL TONIGHT AND TONIGHT I'M HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE I'M GOING TO [EXPLETIVE] ABOUT THE METRO AND THEY BETTER GET ON THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY STUFF. AND I'M WITH YA KASH.

BUT THE THING IS, I'M REALIZING I WORKED IN THE CITY OF ALHAMBRA FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS IN MY YOUNG LIFE, YOUNGEST CITY DEPARTMENT HEAD SECRETARY.

AND I REMEMBER WE'D GET A CALL FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND WE'D BE LIKE, OKAY, THE PALM FRONDS ARE DOWN.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? IT WAS LIKE 60 MILE AN HOUR WINDS AND IT'D BE SO ANNOYING.

BUT I BECAME VERY AWARE OF HOW WHEN A CITY ISN'T WORKING RIGHT, OH BOY, DO YOU HEAR IT? BUT I'VE BEEN QUIETLY LIVING HERE WITH MY KIDS ARE WELL, LIFE IS HAPPY.

I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD TO THINK ABOUT.

I HAVEN'T EVEN KNOWN WHO OR ANY OF YOU PEOPLE ARE EXCEPT FOR KENDRICK'S, BECAUSE HE KEEPS SHOWING UP ON SOME MAILER THAT COMES TO MY HOUSE.

[LAUGHTER] YOU'VE DONE A FINE JOB.

GOOD JOB DON. YOU'VE DONE A FINE JOB.

I'VE BEEN IN MY JOB AS OF LAST SUNDAY FOR 21 YEARS.

I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY KEPT PUTTING UP WITH THIS, BUT THEY DID.

AND THANK YOU AS AN ORDINARY RESIDENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANYONE ELSE? ANNA.

WELL, IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYONE HERE THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN IN A LONG TIME.

AND BOB, IT'S BEEN FUN.

IT HAS BEEN FUN.

I MEAN, WE'VE HAD OUR DISAGREEMENTS.

THERE'S BEEN FIGHTS.

THERE'S BEEN EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE CITY.

AND I GOT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT BOB.

THIS GUY IS A PROFESSIONAL GUY.

NO MATTER WHAT'S SAID TO HIM, HE SITS THERE AND HE MAINTAINS A PROFESSIONAL PERSONA ALL THE TIME.

AND HE TAKES IT.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

I LIKE PROFESSIONALISM.

AND YOU ARE REALLY GOOD AT PROFESSIONALISM.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS BEFORE THAT WE AGREE WE DISAGREE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE, BUT THAT'S HOW LIFE IS.

AND I ALSO I WILL ALSO SAY THIS ABOUT BOB.

HE'S A SMART GUY. HE'S A SMART GUY IT'S BECAUSE HE'S ITALIAN.

[LAUGHTER] AND HE MARRIED LISA.

YEAH, I GOT IT. I TOOK IT AWAY FROM YA.

GOOD LUCK, BOB.

AND CIAO. ANYONE ELSE.

WE HAVE ANY? NO.

COUNCIL. ANY COMMENTS FOR MR. RUSSI? KASH.

COUNCIL MEMBER KASH. FORGIVE ME FOR BEING JUNIOR, BUT GOING FIRST.

BUT THEN YOU GUYS HAD TIME.

I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.

PRIOR TO ME GETTING HERE.

YOUR TIME'S UP. SORRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY.

I WANT TO THANK ALL THOSE THAT CAME SUPPORTING ME.

THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] I SAID TO YOU AND I'LL SAY THIS AGAIN.

THERE'S ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE ME THAT'S RESILIENT.

STRAIGHT UP, I APPRECIATE YOU.

AND COUNCILMAN [INAUDIBLE].

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I'M NOT TRYING TO LAND A SPACESHIP.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU.

YOU'RE PROFESSIONAL TO ME.

ANY QUESTIONS I'VE ASKED OF YOU, YOU HAVE ANSWERED, AND YOU PROVIDED ME WITH FEEDBACK AND INFORMATION THAT I NEED.

FACT, RIGHT? TRUTH, BUT VERIFY.

THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS BELIEVE TRUE TRUST, BUT VERIFY AND VERIFY IT EVERY SINGLE ONE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING PROFESSIONAL.

THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE WHEN I HAVE QUESTIONS AND THE EMAILS AND THE WILD IDEAS THAT I MIGHT HAVE HUMBLING ME, IT'S ALWAYS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

I COME WITH PASSION TO WANT TO DO GOOD.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T HAD THAT AS MUCH TIME AS SOME OF THESE AMAZING PEOPLE HAVE HAD WITH YOU.

BUT I DO HAVE YOUR NUMBER AND I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE.

[LAUGHTER] AND AS WE SAID, IT'S NEVER TOO FAR IN A STATE CAR.

BUT I'M NOT USING MY STATE CAR.

I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO YOUR WIFE BECAUSE I AM GOING TO BE COMING DOWN SAYING HELLO, KNOCKING ON THE DOOR ASKING HIM FOR SOME QUESTIONS.

I WON'T APOLOGIZE AHEAD OF TIME.

YOU KNOW WHAT? BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE SOMEBODY WHO HAS THIS MUCH WEALTH OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE CANNOT JUST GO AWAY.

YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.

I'M SORRY, BUT IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE I LOVE WHAT I SEE IN OUR CITY.

AND IF YOU LOOK AROUND, IT'S BECAUSE OF LEADERSHIP.

IT'S BECAUSE OF PEOPLE THAT WORKED HARD TO BUILD IT IF YOU LIKE IT BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE GRAFFITI ALL OVER THE PLACE.

RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE.

I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS MANAGING ALL THAT YOU DON'T SEE.

YOU DON'T SEE OTHER LIKE OTHER CITIES WITH POTHOLES EVERYWHERE.

EVERYONE'S RUNNING, GETTING NEW TIRES ALL THE TIME.

I MEAN, THERE'S LITTLE THINGS, I MEAN, BUT THIS IS A LITTLE THINGS ADD UP.

THAT'S WHAT I TELL MY WIFE. I DO ALL THE TIME.

THESE LITTLE THINGS I DO. WHAT ARE YOU DOING [INAUDIBLE] HOUSE? WELL, THESE LITTLE THINGS ADD UP, RIGHT? IT IS WHAT IT IS, KID.

THAT'S WHAT THEY ALWAYS TOLD ME. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THE FUTURE.

STAY STRONG. [APPLAUSE] ARMY STRONG.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

BOB, WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER REALLY A GREAT TEAM HERE AT THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

I APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT.

HAPPY TRAILS AND ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT.

[APPLAUSE] COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. SO.

BOB, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE TIMES THAT YOU TOOK MY CALL.

NOT EVEN WHEN I GOT ON COUNCIL, BUT BEFORE WHEN I WAS ON PLANNING COMMISSION AND WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT RUNNING.

YOU ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS, ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE JUST BECAUSE IT TAKES TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY AND YOU'VE GOT A VERY BIG JOB. SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU NOT ONLY DID THAT FOR ME, BUT I KNOW YOU DID IT FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING AND WHO HAVE RUN.

AND THAT'S A HUGE DEAL BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT ACCESSIBILITY INTO THESE ROLES IS IMPORTANT AND YOU HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

YOU HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU IS HOW GIVING YOU ARE OF YOUR TIME TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT YOUR STAFF, WHO ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY. I CALLED YOU BECAUSE I HAD A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY WHO SAID, I THINK I WANT TO WORK FOR A CITY ONE DAY.

I SAID, I GOT A GUY.

I GOT A GUY. SO I SAID, BOB, WOULD YOU MIND SPEAKING WITH THE STUDENT? AND SHE HAS GOTTEN A JOB NOW AND SHE CREDITS A LOT OF THAT TO THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO TAKE TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY, TO GIVE OF THEMSELVES, TO GIVE GUIDANCE, TO GIVE MENTORSHIP.

AND THAT MEANS A LOT YOU ARE SHAPING A GENERATION.

AND THAT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

AND I WILL MISS HAVING YOU AS CITY MANAGER, SO I'M STILL A LITTLE MAD AT YOU.

I'LL GET OVER IT, BUT I AM SURE WE WILL STILL SEE EACH OTHER.

AND I'M SURE YOU'LL STILL HAVE TO TAKE SOME PHONE CALLS FROM ME WHEN I GO, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN AGAIN? AND THEN HAVE TO HAVE YOU YELL AT ME TOO, BECAUSE I HAVE THE SAME THING THAT WHEN CHARLIE BROUGHT THAT UP, I WAS LIKE, OH, IT'S A GOOD THING I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HE SAYS THAT TO. WENDY TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH.

TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH.

SO. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] MR. KRESS. WELL, THANK YOU.

I DEBATED WHETHER OR NOT TO ASK PERMISSION TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

YOU DON'T NEED PERMISSION. SIR YOU'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.

YEAH. HE'S ONLY GOT 22.

THIS IS 32 FOR ME.

[LAUGHTER] AND AS CHIEF INGLES MENTIONED, WE WERE BOTH ON THE PANEL THAT HIRED THIS GUY, SO IT'S BEEN GREAT.

I SHARED WITH BOB A FEW MONTHS BACK, EVEN BEFORE I HAD ANY INKLINGS THAT HE WAS GOING TO RETIRE ON US.

I'VE BEEN IN THIS CAREER FOR A NUMBER OF CITIES.

I'VE SERVED WITH MANY CITY MANAGERS.

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I'VE SERVED WITH SOME GREAT ONES, BUT IT'S BEEN A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE. I'VE NEVER SEEN A GUY WHO CONCEIVE OF THE PRESENT. THE NEAR TERM FUTURE AND THE FUTURE LIKE BOB DOES.

AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT RIDE.

HAPPY RETIREMENT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.

SO I WILL MUTE MY MIC.

MR. CROSBY, YOU'RE ON.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE. BOB, THE MARK OF A TRUE LEADER IS TO LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU PUT AROUND YOURSELF AND WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS SHOW THAT YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS CITY AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND YOUR LEGACY WILL LIVE LONG AFTER YOU ARE GONE.

NOW, YOU'RE NOT ONLY CITY MANAGER TO ME, BUT I REALLY, TRULY BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE A FRIEND.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

AND NOW TO THE BEST DECISION THAT YOU'VE EVER MADE.

LISA HE'S GOING TO BE NOW ALL YOURS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK RIGHT NOW? I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

DEFINITELY PUTTING ME ON THE SPOT.

I ACTUALLY SPENT A LOT OF TODAY WRITING A SPECIAL NOTE THAT WE'LL SHARE WITH BOB TOMORROW DURING THE DEPARTMENT HEAD.

BUT OBVIOUSLY I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST AS LONG AS BOB.

I HAVE APPRECIATED YOUR MENTORSHIP AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'LL GET TOGETHER MANY TIMES PAST TONIGHT, BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU.

WE DO HAVE OTHER STAFF.

WE HAVE OUR POLICE CHIEF, COLLEEN FLORES, OUR FIRE CHIEF, CHRIS NIGG.

AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, SHAWN IGOE.

WE HAVE LUPE. ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK RIGHT NOW? ARE YOU GOING TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER TIME? OKAY. THAT LEAVES ME, BOB.

I CAME ON AS A LOW LITTLE COUNCIL MEMBER IN 2015 AFTER SERVING ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND WE'VE HAD OUR TRIALS.

I'LL JUST CALL THEM TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS.

BUT WHEN I TOOK OVER IN 2020 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY AND COUNCIL MEMBER LAU WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MUIR DAVIS AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROBIN CARTER, WE BASICALLY CLOSED THE WORLD DOWN WITH THE PANDEMIC AND WE DID MORE STUFF IN THOSE TWO AND A HALF YEARS THAN I CAN'T EVEN COMPREHEND HOW SUCCESSFUL WE WERE.

AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL THAT JUST CAME UP AND ALL OF YOU OUT THERE.

WE DID A LOT OF THINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY'S BACKING, BUT ALSO JUST TO PUT THE STONES IN PLACE TO MAKE A GOOD FOUNDATION THAT WAS ALREADY GOOD, BUT WE MADE IT BETTER. AND JUST SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE DID WHILE THE PANDEMIC, ONE OF THE BIG ONES WAS [INAUDIBLE] A PRISON, AND I THANKED THE COUNTY FOR THAT. BUT I ALSO THINK YOUR LEADERSHIP, ALONG WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND ROSE TO THE OCCASION TO STOP THAT AND REALLY GET IN THE WAY OF SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DEVASTATING TO OUR COMMUNITY.

DIFD MAYOR KENDRICK, THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR BABIES.

VERY SUCCESSFUL. IT IS PROVING TO BE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.

AND WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT, WITH THE COUNTY TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES TO EVER ENACT THAT WAS EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE.

GOLD LINE, COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER WITH MR. RUSSI. WE WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS FAR WITHOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER THAT WAS AMAZING.

MR. ROSALES THE GOLD LINE AND MAYBE A HOTEL SOMEDAY, WELL, THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO COME TO FRUITION.

AND WITH THE PARKING STRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, YOUR LEADERSHIP, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL IT HOUSES STUDENTS IN A SAFE PARKING STRUCTURE.

DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE PUT TOGETHER A BUSINESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS.

THEN WE PUT BACK AGAIN YOUR ARPA FUNDS.

GETTING THE ARPA FUNDS WAS INCREDIBLE.

SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE $1,000,000 IN BUSINESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS, $500,000 FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE GRANTS AND MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES ASSISTANCE GRANTS.

JUST THERE'S JUST SO MANY THINGS THAT WE DID THIS IN TWO AND A HALF YEARS, BUT THE FOUNDATION WAS LAID BY OUR PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND YOURSELF, AND

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BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE BROUGHT THIS COMMUNITY, ALL OF US, INTO 2022 AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND FINANCIALLY STABLE. AND WE HAVE A NEW FIRE CHIEF, WE HAVE A NEW POLICE CHIEF, WE HAVE A NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

WE HAVE A NUANCE OF NEW INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE GREAT IDEAS TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, BUT ALSO PUSH US THROUGH WITH ALL SORTS OF GREAT GRANTS AND STUFF SO THAT THE BACKS OF OUR RESIDENTS AREN'T BEARING ON THE TAXES WE HAVE TO PAY WE ACTUALLY CAN GET FUNDS FROM OUR STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS.

AND YOU, ALONG WITH US AND ALL THE COUNCIL HAVE BUILT RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR STATE AND FEDERAL ELECTED.

AND THAT MAKES A LOT OF DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT US, THEY GIVE US MONEY.

THE GOLD LINE BRIDGE IS ONE OF THOSE.

SO AND IT KEEPS COMING.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR WORKING WITH YOU.

EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD OUR DIFFERENCES, WE DID A HELL OF A JOB.

BUT YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB FOR THIS CITY AND YOU LEFT IT IN EXTREMELY GOOD SHAPE.

AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL.

BUT WE'LL WORK ON THAT.

AND I WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO ALL THE PAINTING AND CLEANING FOR LISA AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU.

OH FORGET THAT, HUH? HE IS ITALIAN.

HE SHOULDN'T. HE IS ITALIAN.

HE KNOWS HOW TO COOK. HE BETTER, YOU KNOW.

RIGHT, ANNA? ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I DO APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN WONDERFUL FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND YOU'VE ALWAYS LOOKED OUT FOR THE COMMUNITY FIRST.

AND WE DO APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] WAIT. WHAT? MR. RUSSI. I HAVE GOT A FEW WORDS THAT I'D LIKE TO SAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JR, WOULD YOU HOLD UP THE THREE MINUTE, PLEASE? [LAUGHTER] YEAH EXACTLY.

WENDY, WILL YOU TAKE THE TIME, PLEASE? YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR.

THANK YOU. AND I DID PREPARE SOME COMMENTS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HARD FOR ME TO ACTUALLY GET THROUGH THIS.

BUT WHAT'S THAT? AND YEAH, THANK YOU. I'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND.

AND FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS IT WAS INCREDIBLE THAT YOU ALL SHOWED UP TONIGHT THAT ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE ME AND THIS MOMENT. AND SINCE I EVEN WHEN I ANNOUNCED, I'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH FRIENDS, THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH, COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR WELL WISHES AND SORROW FOR ME LEAVING AND WHEN I FIRST IT MEANS SO MUCH BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST TOOK THIS JOB, WHEN I FIRST BECAME CITY MANAGER, MY MAIN GOAL WAS TO TRY AND DO WHAT WAS RIGHT BY ANYBODY CONNECTED TO THIS COMMUNITY STAFF, BUSINESS, COMMUNITY, COUNCIL RESIDENTS.

AND THE COMMENTS THAT YOU MADE TONIGHT REALLY HELP ME FEEL THAT I ACHIEVED PART OF THAT.

AND SO I DO THANK YOU FOR THAT IN ITSELF.

WHEN I FIRST BECAME CITY MANAGER, I REALIZED HOW QUICKLY, HOW QUICKLY, HOW SPECIAL THIS COMMUNITY WAS.

AND IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE 21 YEARS HAS PASSED SINCE THEN.

I'M TRULY FORTUNATE TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE LA VERNE MY HOME FOR THAT ENTIRE PERIOD OF TIME, FROM PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CELEBRATIONS, CHALLENGES AND GROWTH THIS ORGANIZATION HAS PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT PART OF MY PERSON AND LIFE, AND I WILL NEVER LOSE TOUCH WITH IT.

BEING SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE REQUIRES SEVERAL THINGS.

THE TALENTED CITY STAFF THAT HAS THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE THEIR BEST INTERESTS IN MIND, THE FULL TRUST OF THE COUNCIL THAT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDANCE ARE SOUND AND UNDERSTANDING FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT YOUR EFFORTS ARE FOCUSED ON ENSURING THEY ARE BEING PROVIDED WITH THE QUALITY SERVICES THAT THEY DESERVE.

AND I REALLY HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE ENJOYED ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS FOR MOST OF MY CAREER HERE, AND THAT HAS REALLY HELPED ME TO HAVE THE STANDING AND THE TENURE THAT I HAVE. WHEN I BECAME CITY MANAGER, I WAS FORTUNATE TO INHERIT AN EXTREMELY EXPERIENCED TEAM AND EXPERIENCED AND TALENTED MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT ALLOWED ME THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND MY ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES AND GET COMFORTABLE WITH JUST BEING CITY MANAGER BECAUSE IT'S REALLY WEIRD.

IT'S REALLY WEIRD TO BE IN THAT SPOT.

TO THEM AND TO FORMER CITY MANAGER MARTIN LOMELI, WHO HELPED GIVE ME THE FOUNDATION TO BUILD ON.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR GETTING ME STARTED OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT BECAUSE I COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN HERE WITHOUT THAT.

ALSO, THANKS TO THE CURRENT MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT IS NOW IN PLACE.

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YOU EACH WERE CHOSEN BECAUSE YOU HAD THAT CARING AND UNIQUE SKILL SET THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE THIS DEPARTMENT, EACH DEPARTMENT YOUR OWN AND PUT YOUR OWN IDENTITY ON IT AND IMPROVE UPON IT.

AND YOU'RE EACH DOING THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

AND WHILE I AM LEAVING A LITTLE SOONER THAN I THINK SOME OF YOU HAD HOPED OR HAD PLANNED, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I AM CONFIDENT THAT LA VERNE IS WELL POSITIONED WITH YOU AND YOUR RESPECTIVE ROLES TO FACE WHATEVER CHALLENGES IT HAS COMING FORWARD.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD ALL TAKE IN AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE FOR YOU.

AS TO THE REST OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES PAST AND PRESENT I AM PROUD OF THE WORK WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY DONE, THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE OVERCOME AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE HAVE ENJOYED, ALL OF WHICH I BELIEVE, HAVE AND WILL MAKE THIS COMMUNITY A LITTLE BETTER.

TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THOSE THAT ORIGINALLY HIRED ME AND THOSE THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH UP UNTIL TONIGHT, THANK YOU FOR BEING GREAT PARTNERS, COLLABORATORS AND CONFIDANTS.

WE MADE A GREAT TEAM.

WE DID.

I HOPE YOU ARE PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND THE ROLE I HAVE PLAYED IN ASSISTING EACH ONE OF YOU COLLECTIVELY AND INDIVIDUALLY.

I HAVE ALWAYS VALUED THIS ASSIGNMENT AND THAT I HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH AND HAVE NEVER TAKEN THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR GRANTED.

I BELIEVE I HAVE ALWAYS LED DOING WHAT IS BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE ORGANIZATION BE THE MEASUREMENT FOR THE DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS I MADE AND ACTIONS WE HAVE TAKEN.

I KNOW THERE ARE SOME THAT PROBABLY DON'T AGREE WITH THAT, BUT I BELIEVE ANYONE WHO WOULD BE FACED WITH THE SAME UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CHOICES WE HAD IN FRONT OF US WOULD HAVE MADE THE SAME DECISIONS THAT WE DID.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR LA VERNE, BUT I HOPE IT WILL CONTINUE TO PROSPER AND BE THE GREAT COMMUNITY IT IS KNOWN AS.

WHILE STILL KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH ITS CORE TENETS AND ITS HISTORICAL VALUES.

I CAN TELL YOU WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY THE REPUTATION AS NOT JUST AN ORGANIZATION, BUT A COMMUNITY THAT VALUES AND APPRECIATES THE EMPLOYEES AND THE HARD WORK THEY DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENRY.

I CAUTION YOU, AND IF I HAD TO GIVE AN ASK OF SOMETHING AS I WALK OUT, PLEASE DO NOT LET THE VOICE OF HARSH CRITICISM BE THE ONLY VOICE THAT THESE EMPLOYEES HEAR.

I HAVE WATCHED THIS WHAT HAPPENS IN AGENCIES WHERE THIS OCCURS AND THE EFFECTS ARE DEVASTATING.

THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN DEDICATING YOURSELF TO A JOB AND NOT FEEL YOU ARE APPRECIATED BY THOSE THAT YOU'RE SERVING.

FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER THOUGHT BEING A CITY MANAGER WAS HIS PATH, I AM SO GLAD I HAD THIS EXPERIENCE AND EVEN MORE PLEASED THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE IT HERE IN LA VERNE WITH ALL OF YOU.

NATURALLY, I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO MY NEXT CHAPTER AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT AWAIT ME AND MY WIFE LISA, AND OUR DAUGHTERS JESSICA, AMANDA, OLIVIA, AS WE ENJOY WATCHING THEIR LIVES UNFOLD.

BUT I WILL BE SAD.

I WILL BE SAD THAT I WILL NOT BE LA VERNE'S CITY MANAGER ANYMORE.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE, AND I THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE SUPPORTED ME THROUGH THIS JOURNEY AND PATH.

I'M BETTER FOR IT, AND I'M GLAD THAT I GOT TO TOUCH THIS COMMUNITY FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL.

THANKS.

THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT.

CAN WE TAKE A BREAK? YES.

INTERMISSION, 5 MINUTES OR LONGER.

IF WE COULD. EVERYBODY TAKE THEIR SEAT.

WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS MEETING STARTED AGAIN.

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[7. PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY]

ACTUALLY, WE'RE COMING BACK AND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL RECESS.

WE'RE GOING TO RECESS TO THE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY.

WE HAVE A COUPLE MEMBERS THAT OUR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

JR.

YES, MR. MAYOR.

THE FIRST ITEM IS GOING TO BE 7A, WHICH IS THE MINUTES FOR THE FINANCING AUTHORITY FROM LAST YEAR.

IF I COULD GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF LAST YEAR, PLEASE.

AND YOU CAN ALL VOTE ON THEM, EVEN THOUGH SOME OF YOU WEREN'T HERE.

THAT'S A GOOD CLARIFICATION.

I THINK I'LL ABSTAIN.

I WILL MOVE TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.

I'LL SECOND. YOU GOING TO SECOND.

I'LL SECOND. AND WE DO NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE BECAUSE OF COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY BEING VIRTUAL.

SO LET ME GET TO MY.

GO AHEAD. AND I'VE GOT TO SAY THE RIGHT THING.

YEAH. NOT THAT ANYBODY'S FORCING YOU AND IT WOULD BE CHAIRPERSON LAU.

AYE. EXCUSE ME. BOARD MEMBER LAU.

AYE. BOARD MEMBER JOHNSON.

ABSTAIN. BOARD MEMBER KASH AYE. GOOD EFFORT ANYWAY.

100%. AND THEN THIS ONE MIGHT JUST TAKE ME A SECOND TO GET QUEUED UP.

BOARD MEMBER CROSBY. YES.

AND CHAIR HEPBURN.

YES. WE MOVE TO ITEM B, SIR.

THIS IS YOU'VE GOT THE FIELD.

YES. KEEPING ME ON MY TOES TONIGHT BY SHUFFLING THINGS AROUND.

ANNUALLY THE LA VERNE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE OPERATING BUDGETS FOR THE TWO CITY OWNED MOBILE HOME PARKS.

THE BUDGETS DO NOT REFLECT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS AND ARE ATTACHED FOR THE AUTHORITY'S CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION.

REVENUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RELATIVELY FLAT, WITH AN ESTIMATED 5% INCREASE IN SPACE RENT BEGINNING IN MARCH OF 2023.

INCLUDED WITH THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IS $15,000, TO REROOF THE SMALL CLUBHOUSE, $16,500 TO PAINT BOTH THE SMALL CLUBHOUSE AND CAR WASH BUILDING. ALSO INCLUDED IS $40,000 TO CONVERT AREAS OF TURF TO DROUGHT RESISTANT LANDSCAPING.

AND $35,000 HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE FINAL PHASE INSTALLATION OF THE WATER METER PROJECT, WHICH IS WELL UNDERWAY.

YOU MAY REMEMBER IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WE ACTUALLY ALLOCATED HALF THAT COST TO BE DONE IN THAT FISCAL YEAR.

WHAT WAS THE HOW MUCH HAVE THEY DONE NOW? IS IT A THIRD? TWO THIRDS COMPLETE? WE ARE OVER HALF. HALF.

GREAT. I'M LOOKING TO THE AUDIENCE.

JOHN DAVIS AND KATIE DAVIS WITH HAVEN MANAGEMENT ARE HERE JUST IN CASE I DON'T KNOW AN ANSWER TO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS.

[LAUGHTER] AS PART OF THE BOND FINANCING UTILIZED TO PURCHASE LA VERNE MOBILE, THE HOMEOWNERS COUNCIL REVIEWS THE DRAFT BUDGET AND PROVIDES FEEDBACK FOR CONSIDERATION.

THEY HAVE APPROVED AND THEY HAVE REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

ADDITIONALLY, THE MOBILE HOME PARK LIAISONS, WHICH INCLUDE MAYOR HEPBURN AND MAYOR PRO TEM CROSBY, HAVE BEEN SENT THE BUDGETS IN ADVANCE TO REVIEW AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, STAFF HAS REVIEWED AND SUBMITTED QUESTIONS AND RECEIVED ANSWERS AND RESPONSES TO ANY OF THE AREAS THAT WE WE HAD QUESTIONS ON.

FOR VALLEY RANCHO EXPENDITURES FOR THIS MOBILE HOME PARK BUDGET ARE SIMILAR TO PRIOR YEARS, WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING GOING TOWARDS REFURBISHMENT AND REPAIR OF PARK OWNED FACILITIES. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WILL BE A RENT INCREASE OF 5.9% AS OF SEPTEMBER.

THIS PARK ISN'T JUST WHERE YOU HAVE AN OWNER OF THE COACH AND THEN THEY'RE RENTING THE SPACE.

THIS PARK INCLUDES RVS AND THEN THERE'S ALSO UNITS THAT THE CITY OWNS.

AND SO THAT WHEN I REFER TO THAT TYPE OF RENT INCREASE, THAT'S WHAT I'M REFERRING TO, A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN A SPACE RENT.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE IN PLACE ACTUALLY IN SEPTEMBER.

AND THEN THERE WILL BE A MANAGEMENT FEE PER THE AGREEMENT THAT WE ADOPTED WITH HAVEN MANAGEMENT.

WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE LA VERNE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY ADOPT RESOLUTIONS NUMBER JPFA-64 AND JPFA-65 APPROVING THE 2022-23 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGETS FOR LA VERNE MOBILE COUNTRY CLUB AND VALLEY RANCHO MOBILE HOME PARK.

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ANY QUESTIONS FOR J.R.

? JUST AS.

COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. POINT OF CLARIFICATION. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY.

IN THE MEMO, IT IDENTIFIES THAT THERE'S A HOMEOWNER'S COUNCIL FOR THE LVMCC.

IS THERE A SIMILAR BODY OR ENTITY FOR VALLEY RANCHO? GREAT QUESTION.

SO THE BOND IN 1996, I CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU IF YOU'RE EVER INTERESTED.

AND SOME LIGHT READING AS A MASSIVE DOCUMENT OUTLINES A LOT OF THINGS.

ONE OF THE PROVISIONS IN THE BOND REQUIRED THAT THERE WAS A HOMEOWNERS COUNCIL WITH LA VERNE MOBILE.

IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

THERE IS AN OUTREACH EFFORT BY THE MANAGEMENT WHERE WE USED TO DO IT MONTHLY ATTENDANCE WAS LIGHT, SO WE MOVED THAT BACK, NOT QUITE TO MONTHLY BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

AND THEN ONCE THE PANDEMIC HIT, THEY DIDN'T MAKE THAT OFFERING.

STILL VERY ACCESSIBLE. AND I THINK THAT LAST I MET WITH JOHN AND KATIE, THEY ACTUALLY WERE GETTING READY TO OPEN THAT BACK UP AGAIN.

WHEN THEY WERE MEETING, IT WAS ONE OR TWO PEOPLE AND IT WAS THE SAME PEOPLE THAT KNOW THEIR PHONE NUMBERS ALREADY.

SO THEY ARE VERY ACCESSIBLE.

THEY'RE OFTEN IN THE PARK AT LEAST MONTHLY, IF NOT SOMETIMES WEEKLY.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S AN ONSITE MANAGER FOR BOTH PARKS.

SO DOES THAT BOND REQUIRE THAT A HOMEOWNER'S COUNCIL ALSO APPROVE OR BECAUSE IN THE FOR THE ONE FOR THE LA VERNE MOBILE COUNTRY CLUB, IT DOES INDICATE THAT THE HOMEOWNERS COUNCIL IS SUPPORTIVE OF APPROVAL OF THAT BUDGET.

DOES THAT BODY FOR THE VALLEY RANCHO MOBILE HOME PARK NEED TO PROVIDE SIMILAR? THERE'S NOT THAT SAME REQUIREMENT.

OKAY. SO IT'S A DIFFERENT REQUIREMENT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. JUST TO CLARIFY, IT WAS A DIFFERENT PURCHASING.

WE DID NOT PURCHASE THAT WITH A BOND.

SO BECAUSE OF THAT, IT WAS ACTUALLY JUST AN OUTRIGHT USE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS AT THE TIME THAT THE CITY PURCHASED IT WITH.

SO IT'S OPTIONAL.

COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON.

NOW I'M A PART OWNER OF A GROUND LEASE TO A MOBILE HOME PARK IN THE CITY LIMITS.

SHOULD I ABSTAIN? SHOULD I DECLARE A CONFLICT? I THOUGHT ABOUT YOUR OWNERSHIP POSITION AND THIS IS TWO PARTICULAR PARKS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FINANCIAL INTEREST IN, SO YOU'RE FREE TO TAKE PART IN THIS MATTER.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER KASH. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY OF OUR SENIORS NEEDS ARE MET THERE.

WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FROM OUR SENIORS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED OR NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

SO VALLEY RANCHO IS AN ALL AGES PARK.

WE DO HAVE SOME SENIORS IN THERE.

SURE. BUT AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S A GREAT OUTREACH EFFORT NOT ONLY FROM JOHN AND KATIE, BUT FROM THE ON SITE MANAGER.

IT'S A VERY TIGHT COMMUNITY.

SURE. YEAH. LA VERNE MOBILE'S SIMILAR.

A LITTLE MORE ROOM IN THAT PARK OF SEVERAL MORE UNITS, BUT STILL VERY TIGHT KNIT.

AND THEY MEET MONTHLY.

SO IF THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT ARE BROUGHT FORWARD, THEN OF COURSE, THOSE ARE ADDRESSED EITHER AT THAT MEETING OR SIMILAR TO A COUNCIL MEETING WHERE STAFF GOES BACK AND TRIES TO FIGURE OUT SOLUTIONS OR A PATH FORWARD.

I WILL SAY THAT THIS BUDGET THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT DOES INCLUDE A BENEVOLENCE FUND FOR LA VERNE MOBILE COUNTRY CLUB FOR THOSE RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE DO REGULAR RENT INCREASES FOR THOSE THAT MAY NEED ASSISTANCE.

SURE. PAYING THEIR MONTHLY RENT IF THEY CAN APPLY WITH HAVEN MANAGEMENT, AND IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT THEY QUALIFY, THEN WE WOULD USE FUNDS OUT OF THAT BENEVOLENCE FUND TO HELP THEM STAY IN THE PARK.

AND THAT IS A SENIOR PARK.

SO I REALLY HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR NEEDS ARE MET.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR NEEDS ARE MET, THEIR SAFETY AND THEIR NEEDS.

AND I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THINGS INCREASE IN PRICE, BUT, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF THEM ARE ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND THAT IS A FIXED INCOME.

AND IT'S HARD TO SURVIVE NOWADAYS WITH SO MUCH WITH EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON.

SO IF THERE'S ANY OTHER NEEDS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD, I'M HOPING THAT IT WAS ADDRESSED.

IT'S NOT. IT IS IN THIS GREAT CITY, BUT IT'S NOT IN MY AREA.

HOWEVER, I'M STILL ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THERE BUT NOTHING HAS COME TO ME IN THAT ASPECT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IN OTHER WORDS.

I CAN TELL YOU WE WERE JUST THERE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

THE MAYOR DID A STATE OF THE CITY ACTUALLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MUIR DAVIS, AND IT SEEMED LIKE THE PRIMARY CONCERN THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS THE RENT INCREASING. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE DRIVERS FOR US PUTTING TOGETHER THE BENEVOLENCE FUND.

THANK YOU. BUT ALSO THAT WE MUST NOTE THAT WITH OUR BOND COVENANTS FOR LA VERNE MOBILE HOME COUNTRY CLUB, THEY HAVE SOME OF THE LOWEST RENT RATES OF ANY PARK IN THE

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YES IT DOES. SO THANK YOU.

AND VALLEY RANCH IS JUST A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PARK, BUT IT RUNS VERY WELL.

AND I WILL SAY THAT I'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH J.R.

AND ALSO WITH PREVIOUS COUNCILMEMBER DAVIS.

AND THE RESIDENTS AREN'T AFRAID TO SPEAK UP.

THEY SPEAK UP. YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, THEY SPEAK AND IT'S GOOD BECAUSE WE CAN HAVE A GOOD DIALOG.

BUT I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY RUN THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY A LITTLE RAGGED, BUT THEY DON'T LOOK ANY WORSE FOR THEIR WEAR.

SO SHOULD WE OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ONE FOR PUBLIC? YES, LET'S OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.

ANY COMMENTS OR CONCERNS ON THIS? MS. BEAUCHAMP. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY QUESTION NUMBER ONE IS, HOW IS THE BENEVOLENCE FUND ACCOUNT FUNDED? IS IT VOLUNTARY? IS IT A FEE ASSESSED TO UNITS? SECONDLY, WHAT ASSURANCES CAN THE CITY PROVIDE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THESE PARKS IN TERMS OF NOT SELLING THAT LOT FOR FUTURE HOUSING PROJECTS OR MULTI USE PROJECTS SUCH AS THE ONE THAT IS ON THE FOOTHILL VILLAGE, WHICH IS ON BRADFORD AND FOOTHILL . CASITAS.

ACROSS YEAH, JUST SOUTH OF TWIN OAKS AND LOS CASITAS.

SO BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IS A CONCERN.

MS. BEST BROUGHT THAT UP ABOUT THE LETTER THAT THE RESIDENTS RECEIVED AT THAT MOBILE HOME PARK.

AND TO THIS DAY, WE STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY ANSWER IN TERMS OF THAT IF THAT LOT IS IN FACT GOING TO BE SOLD AND HOW MUCH TIME THOSE RESIDENTS HAVE AND WHATNOT.

SO LIKE YOU SAID, RANCHO IS ONE OF THE LEAST AMOUNT OF SPACE RENTS IN ALMOST LIKE THIS ENTIRE AREA. SO TO SEE THOSE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE EVICTED BECAUSE THE LAND IS SOLD OUT FROM UNDER THEM WOULD BE REALLY UNFORTUNATE AND NOT SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD BE BEST SUITED FOR THE CITY.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? WE'LL CLOSE THIS AND BRING IT UP TO J.R., WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER THAT? YOU WERE JUST WITH YOU WERE JUST WITH CASITAS? YEAH. I'M ACTUALLY VISITED WITH CASITAS RESIDENTS, PROBABLY 100 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE ON MONDAY NIGHT, TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE, BUT SPECIFICALLY TO THE BENEVOLENCE FUND AND HOW THAT'S FUNDED.

THE MUNICIPAL CODE ALLOWS A 7% INCREASE ON VACANCY.

IN THE PAST, THE FINANCING AUTHORITY HAS CHOSEN NOT TO IMPLEMENT THAT ON VACANCY TO HELP MAINTAIN BASICALLY SOLIDARITY AND EQUALIZATION ACROSS THE BOARD FOR RENTS IN THAT PARK.

BUT WITH THIS CHANGE, THERE WILL BE THAT 7% VACANCY INCREASE ALLOWED AS PER THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND OTHER PARKS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL FUND BE THE BENEVOLENCE FUND.

TALKING WITH JOHN AND LOOKING AT OUR ANALYSIS AND KIND OF UNDERSTANDING HOW MANY PEOPLE MIGHT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OR NEED THAT ASSISTANCE, THAT WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO DO THAT FOR US TO SUPPORT THAT.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT NONE OF THE DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THESE PARKS AND THEIR OPERATIONS COMES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

THEY'RE ALSO SELF SUSTAINING BASED ON THE REVENUES THAT THEY GENERATE.

FOR NUMBER TWO, FOR OUR TWO PARKS THAT THE CITY AND THE JOINT THE FINANCING AUTHORITY HAS STEWARDSHIP OVER, THAT'S THE DECISION OF THIS BODY THAT WOULD MAKE THAT DECISION ON IF THEY WANTED TO LOOK AT SELLING IT VERSUS THE CASITAS PROPERTY THAT HAS A LOT MORE CHALLENGING DYNAMICS WHERE YOU HAVE A PROPERTY OWNER AND THEN AN OPERATOR THAT HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A DISAGREEMENT, IT SOUNDS LIKE, AS FAR AS THE FUTURE OF THAT PARK.

THANK YOU. THE ONLY THING IF I COULD I WOULD ADD TO THAT, JUST TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THERE WAS A SEPARATE ORDINANCE THAT WAS ADOPTED.

IT'S BASICALLY A IF A MOBILE HOME PARK IS TO BE SOLD, BUT THE COACH OWNERS WOULD BE COMPENSATED.

THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT A RELOCATION PLAN BACK TO THIS BODY THAT HAS TO BE ACCEPTED BEFORE THAT TRANSACTION CAN BE COMPLETED.

SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STEPS THAT WOULD NEED TO OCCUR.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE SALE IS ONE, BUT THEN THERE'S THE ZONING, IT IS MOBILE HOME PARK ZONE AND THEN THE INITIATOR OF THE CLEARING OF THE PROPERTY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO FINANCIALLY COMPENSATE EACH OF THOSE COACH OWNERS.

SO THERE ARE SEVERAL PROTECTIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR THOSE MOBILE HOME PARKS, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER MOBILE HOME PARK IN THE COMMUNITY.

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WE WERE REVIEWING THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT YEAH, I THINK WE REACHED OUT TO THE ATTORNEY BASED ON THAT PUT IT TOGETHER AND IT IS THE MOST CURRENT, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT IS OUT THERE AND EXISTS TO DATE.

SO THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY ADJUSTMENTS IN STATE LAW THAT WOULD ENABLE US MORE RIGHTS THAN WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THOSE OWNERS.

BECAUSE MS. BEAUCHAMP HAD BROUGHT THAT UP BEFORE PREVIOUSLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTRACT IS CURRENT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S MAXIMUM PROTECTION TO OUR RIGHTS.

WE HAVE THE MAXIMUM PROTECTION THAT WE CAN THAT IS PERMITTED TO US UNDER THE LAW WITH WITHOUT BEING CHALLENGED.

I MEAN, I GUESS WE'D STILL BE CHALLENGED ON THIS, BUT IT IS WHAT THE ATTORNEY FEELS, AND IT'S BOB'S COLLEAGUE WHO'S FAMILIAR WITH MOBILE HOME PARKS THAT WE CAN PROTECT OURSELVES AND OUR RESIDENTS WITH. SO BASICALLY, THEY JUST CAN'T COME IN HERE AND JUST DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO.

RIGHT. THERE IS DEFINITELY A PROCESS FOR IT.

PRIOR TO THAT ADOPTION THAT ORDINANCE THAT WE ADDED THAT LAYER OF PROTECTION EFFECTIVELY THEY COULD.

NOW THE COUNCIL WOULD STILL NEED TO CHANGE THE ZONING, BUT THEY COULD STILL CHOOSE TO CLEAR THE PARK AND WAIT FOR THAT TO OCCUR.

YEAH, WHEN THIS STARTED FIRST STARTED WITH LOS CASITAS, THIS WAS SOMETHING WE SAID, OH, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO BE AHEAD OF THIS ONE BECAUSE IT COULD GET UGLY, ESPECIALLY AS MANY MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES WE HAVE HERE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THAT IF YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT DOING IT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RELOCATE THOSE PEOPLE AND FINANCIALLY ASSIST THEM.

AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

SO WITH THAT, ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? WE NEED A MOTION.

OH. MOTION FIRST, THEN A ROLL CALL.

BOTH. OKAY.

ANYBODY JUMPING INTO THIS? OH. PAPER.

[LAUGHTER] I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE A RESOLUTION NUMBER 64 AND A RESOLUTION NUMBER 65 APPROVING THE 2022 2023 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGETS FOR LA VERNE MOBILE COUNTRY CLUB AND VALLEY RANCHO MOBILE HOME PARK.

BOARD MEMBER LAU. WE NEED A SECOND.

SECOND. GOT IT.

NO. I'LL SECOND IT THOUGHT.

I TRY NOT TO SECOND, BUT I GUESS I COULD.

BOARD MEMBER LAU.

AYE. BOARD MEMBER JOHNSON.

AYE.

[INAUDIBLE] BOARD MEMBER KASHIFALGHITA.

YES. LAST TIME I SAID [INAUDIBLE].

LIKE A SAILOR.

YES, THANK YOU.

WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN BACK TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

WE'RE GOING TO AT 8:30 AND 8:27 AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN BACK INTO OUR MEETING.

OH, I DON'T THINK I NEED TO DO ALL THAT, BUT WHATEVER.

I JUST LIKE DOING IT.

THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

ONE MORE TIME. OKAY, LET'S GO BACK TO.

[6. CONSENT CALENDAR]

MR. RUSSI, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS PULLED OFF CONSENT CALENDAR, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST TO PULL ITEM D AND ITEM G.

OKAY. RESOLUTION 2264.

SO WE WILL HOLD THEM.

WE WILL HOLD THEM OFF AND BUT WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON WHAT'S LEFT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? THEN WE NEED A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH ITEMS B AND G REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION.

SECOND. SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER KASHIFALGHITA.

YES. COUNCILMAN OR MAYOR PRO TEM CROSBY.

YES. MAYOR HEPBURN. YES.

I THINK THAT MS.. BEAUCHAMP WAS THE ONE THAT PULLED THESE TWO ITEMS IS THAT CORRECT.

THAT IS CORRECT. AND I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THEM BOTH AND THEN TAKE AN ACTION ON BOTH OF THOSE AFTER WE'RE DONE.

MS. BEAUCHAMP. YOU HAVE 20 MINUTES ON EACH ITEM.

GO AHEAD. OH, WAIT.

I'M SORRY. ALMOST.

ALMOST. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AGAIN.

FOR ITEM D IT LISTS THAT THE AMOUNT OF $646,150 IS WHAT IS REQUIRED ON AN

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BUT WHEN YOU DO THE MATH, 82 AND A HALF PERCENT, I WANT PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE.

82 AND A HALF PERCENT IS ALLOCATED TO GO TO THE PENSIONS, TO THE RETIREMENT, NOT THE ACTUAL PROGRAM. THAT'S ONLY 17 AND A HALF PERCENT THAT'S GOING TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM.

SO WHEN PEOPLE THINK THAT THIS MONEY IS GOING TO THE PD, IT'S GOING TO MAKE US SAFER.

HOW MUCH SAFER IS IT GOING TO MAKE? I THINK PEOPLE FORGET THAT LA VERNE IS ALREADY THE THIRD SAFEST CITY IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT FOR SAFETY IN OUR CITY, WHICH I COMMEND CHIEF FLORES AND ALL OF THE OFFICERS WHO SERVE IN OUR CITY FOR MAKING THAT GOAL.

BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS FROM A FISCAL STANDPOINT, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SUSTAINED LONG TERM.

I KNOW THAT IN THE BUDGET THERE WAS A LOT OF LINE ITEMS. I REPRINTED THE ENTIRE SECTION OF THE POLICE BUDGET AND NOWHERE ON THERE DOES IT DISCUSS.

MAYOR IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN BECAUSE I.

WE'RE MIXING TWO ITEMS HERE.

YEAH. SO. SO THESE ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE APPROPRIATIONS.

THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ONE ANOTHER.

OKAY. SO TO THAT PERCENTAGE DOES NOT APPLY AT ALL.

OKAY, SO WHAT'S THE $646,150 GO TO LV PD.

IT DOESN'T GO TO LV PD.

WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH LA IMPACT, WHICH IS A TASK FORCE.

RIGHT. AND THAT TASK FORCE, WE PROCESS THEIR PAYMENTS WITH THEIR ASSET FORFEITURE DOLLARS THAT WE HOLD AS THEIR FIDUCIARY.

OKAY. WHAT WE NEGLECTED TO DO INADVERTENTLY WHEN WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER THE BUDGET, THEY ADOPT A BUDGET.

WHEN THEY ADOPT THAT BUDGET, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET THE AUTHORITY FROM THE COUNCIL TO SPEND THEIR MONEY THAT THEY HAVE APPROVED.

THIS SIMPLY IS TO GIVE THE AUTHORITY TO SPEND THE MONEY THAT WE'RE HOLDING ON THEIR BEHALF.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AT ALL.

OKAY. SO WHO ACTUALLY IS ENFORCING THIS LA IMPACT PROGRAM THEN? WHAT OFFICERS ARE ACTUALLY OUT THERE DOING THESE DUTIES? SO LA IMPACT IS A REGIONAL TASK FORCE THAT IS COMPRISED OF AGENCIES FROM THE LA STATE AND FEDERAL. RIGHT. SO THERE ISN'T ONE, THERE IS A GOVERNING BODY, IT'S A JPA.

WE ARE A CONTRACTOR THAT PROVIDES FIDUCIARY SERVICES FOR THEM ON THEIR BEHALF.

AND SO THAT IS HANDLED THE ENFORCEMENT OR THE OVERSIGHT IS BEING DONE BY THEIR CEO AND THEIR BOARD.

OKAY. SO WITH THAT SAID, THOUGH, WHEN THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY FALLS ON THE CITY, WHAT PENALTIES OR INTERESTS ARE INCURRED WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS SITUATION OCCURS, WHEN YOU FAIL TO RELEASE THOSE FUNDS ? NOTHING GOT FAILED. I MEAN, YOU'RE MISUNDERSTANDING THE POINT COMPLETELY.

I MEAN, WHAT IS ACTUALLY OCCURRING HERE IS THEY GAVE US THEIR BUDGET.

WE HAVE A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.

ALL WE ARE DOING IS GETTING THE AUTHORITY TO SPEND THE DOLLARS.

THERE WAS NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN MISSED IN THE PROCESS.

BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO SPEND DOLLARS, WE NEED TO GET THE COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY THAT WE'RE TECHNICALLY HOLDING THEIR DOLLARS. BUT COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY AND HAS TO GIVE THE PERMISSION TO SPEND THEM.

ALL WE'RE DOING IS MAKING SURE THAT PERMISSION IS THERE.

THERE'S THE PENALTY WOULD HAVE THE CONSEQUENCE IF THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN, WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROCESS THEIR PAYMENTS.

THEY WOULD HAVE THEN AS A CONTRACTOR SAID, YOU'RE NOT FULFILLING YOUR OBLIGATION.

OKAY. SO WHAT REQUIREMENTS ARE THERE OF THE CITY FOR THEM FOR US TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LA IMPACT PROGRAM? THERE AREN'T ANY REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT.

THESE ARE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT.

THE PARTICIPATION IN THAT IS VOLUNTARY.

THE FACT THAT WE DO THIS FOR THEM IS KIND OF AS A SERVICE PROVIDER IS SOMETHING WE DO TO ENJOY A FINANCIAL BENEFIT THAT BENEFITS THE REST OF THE OPERATIONS, BUT WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN PROCESS THEIR PAYMENTS.

OKAY. SO WITH JUST THIS EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, OBVIOUSLY I MISREAD THIS AND MISUNDERSTOOD IT, WHICH IS MORE OF A REASON WHY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT BE VOTED ON AND IT SHOULD BE PRESENTED IN A STUDY SESSION SO THAT OTHER RESIDENTS CAN UNDERSTAND THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

I MEAN, IF YOU'RE NOT A CEO OR A FINANCIAL OFFICER, IT'S HARD TO TO FIGURE OUT THESE NUMBERS AND WHAT EXACTLY DO THEY MEAN.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR BEARING IS FOR THE CITY.

ACCORDING TO YOUR EXPLANATION, THERE IS NONE.

BUT. DONITA, I THINK I THINK THE ISSUE IS THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR MANY YEARS.

WE GET A FEE FOR THAT.

THIS WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING BECAUSE THEY ROLLED THE 115 TRUST BEFORE OR AFTER THE LA IMPACT.

RIGHT. AND THE ISSUE WAS THE FACT THAT WE JUST DIDN'T SHOW LA IMPACT AS FAR AS THE 600 AND WHATEVER THE AMOUNT WAS THAT JUST BASICALLY WASN'T IN

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THEY'RE BEING PAID. THE IMPACT IS BEING PAID ALONG WITH THE ONE WE JUST BROUGHT ON, WHICH IS LA CLEAR, WHICH IS ANOTHER ONE WHICH IS QUITE A MUCH LARGER ENTITY, A LOT OF EMPLOYEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. RIGHT. WE TOOK THAT ON BECAUSE WE DO GET A FEE FOR THAT ALSO AND IT BENEFITS US.

BUT LIKE LIKE CITY MANAGER RUSSI SAID WE BENEFIT THAT FROM OUR AFFILIATION WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE LA IMPACT IN OUR CITY AND IT WORKS OUT REALLY WELL. OKAY. BUT YOU JUST SAID YOU THE CITY RECEIVES A FEE FOR BEING A PARTICIPANT OF THIS, CORRECT? WE DO. OKAY.

BUT SO THAT.

EXCUSE ME, IF I'M WRONG, I APOLOGIZE.

BACK UP. LET MR. RUSSI CONTINUE. YEAH, OKAY.

SO THERE IS NO FEE THEN.

THERE. OR GO AHEAD.

WELL, WHAT MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT NOTHING IN THE BUDGET SECTION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REFERENCES LA IMPACT.

SO WHETHER IT'S A FEE OR BODIES THAT ARE ALLOCATED TO THE CITY FOR THE TASK FORCE OR SOME KIND OF LIAISON THAT THEY WORK WITH, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT'S NOT SHOWN IN THERE.

SO TO ME, IT JUST AGAIN, IT LEADS THE DOOR TO CONFUSION BECAUSE HOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS IF IT'S NOT EXPLAINED, ESPECIALLY FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT.

AND THEN YOU THROW THESE NUMBERS OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT CAN BE MISUNDERSTOOD VERY EASILY.

SO. WELL, WITH THAT SAID, I MEAN, THAT CHANGES THE ENTIRE DYNAMIC OF MY COMMENT.

BUT I'LL LET YOU GO AHEAD.

YEAH.

YOUR NEXT ONE. OH, MY NEXT ONE.

FOR G.

OKAY. SO THAT WAS ITEM G IS FOR THE LOS FLORES IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

NOW, INITIALLY, I DID THINK THIS WAS RENAMED.

I KNOW THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE AGAINST THE TEEN CENTER.

THERE WERE NUMEROUS SIGNATURES THAT WERE COLLECTED FROM THE RESIDENTS ADJACENT TO THAT AREA.

BUT I STILL THINK THAT THIS IS LIKE A FIRST STEP TOWARDS THAT IN THE FUTURE.

I HAVE TO GO ON RECORD BY SAYING THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT IS NECESSARY FOR THE PARK AND THE SCHOOLS FOR THOSE FIELDS.

THERE IS NO RESTROOM AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY FAIRLY CLOSE.

BUT WITH THE THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN THE LAST MEETING FOR THE HOST HOPE PROGRAM FOR THE HOMELESS ISSUE, I THINK THAT IT LEAVES THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL A HUGE LIABILITY BECAUSE NOW WITH GOVERNOR NEWSOM SIGNING SB 357 INTO EFFECT, WHICH NOW REMOVES LOITERING AS AN UNLAWFUL ACT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE LOITERING AROUND THERE.

IT'S WELL KNOWN THAT THEY CONGREGATE TO AREAS THAT HAVE CONCRETE PADS, ESPECIALLY FOR RESTROOMS THAT CLOSE AT 10:00 AT NIGHT, ACCORDING TO PARK REGULATIONS.

THEY WILL SLEEP THERE.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE STUDENTS, ATHLETES, PARENTS THAT ARE WATCHING THESE SPORTS GO INTO THESE RESTROOMS WITH DRUG NEEDLES, YOU KNOW, JUST PARAPHERNALIA FROM HOMELESS THAT IS COMPLETELY UNWANTED.

AND I KNOW THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE A SHARED AREA, LIKE ULV HELPS TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SWIMMING POOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN THE CITY.

IS THERE ANY WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE OR WHOEVER IS ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED BE PART OF THIS DECISION OF WHETHER IT'S MADE AND THE COST? I MEAN, I JUST THINK THAT I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.

I'M NOT A CONTRACTOR, BUT 600,000 SEEMS A LOT OF MONEY FOR JUST A BATHROOM WHEN YOU BREAK IT DOWN THAT WAY.

I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE? WHAT IS INCLUDED IN IT? IT DOESN'T GIVE ANY DETAILS.

AND SO WHEN YOU JUST AGAIN, YOU PUT OUT NUMBERS, WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN FOR EVERYBODY? I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM, TOO, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR PD ISN'T FULLY STAFFED.

I MEAN, WE NEED MORE PD.

THAT IS A FACT.

WE ADDRESSED THAT AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT YET WE'RE GOING TO CREATE MORE PROBLEMS FOR THEM AND LEAVE THEM EVEN MORE SHORT STAFFED WHEN AN INCIDENT TAKES PLACE AND IT IS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE INCIDENT DOES TAKE PLACE.

SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY GIVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER EXPLANATION OR SOME KIND OF DETAIL AS TO WHAT THE REASONING IS BEHIND THIS, JUST NOT JUST FOR THE FIELDS TO HAVE RESTROOMS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NEEDED RESTROOMS THERE FOR UMPTEEN YEARS.

I MEAN, I LIVED IN LA VERNE 33 YEARS, AND THOSE POOR KIDS HAVE HAD TO GO AWAY ACROSS CAMPUS TO GO USE THE FACILITIES.

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AS MR. RUSSI HAS SAID IN THE PAST, WHEN WE HAVE HAD INTERIMS COME IN, YOU KNOW, THINGS FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.

THERE'S THINGS THAT OVERLAP.

AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS THIS BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

SO THAT'S WHY I REQUESTED THAT THIS ITEM BE REMOVED.

AND MAYBE THE COUNCIL CAN PROVIDE MORE DETAIL AS TO WHY THEY FOUND IT NECESSARY AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU. A LOT TO UNPACK THERE.

SO I'M NOT SURE.

I GUESS WHAT I CAN SAY IS IN THE LAST POINT, THE REASONING IS WE HAD ACCESS.

THERE WAS A GRANT. THIS GRANT WAS INITIALLY EARMARKED FOR THE OPEN SPACE AREA, FOR IMPROVEMENTS, FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.

BUT AS COUNCIL BECAME AWARE, THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE PHASE ONE.

SO WE WERE IN JEOPARDY OF LOSING THESE DOLLARS.

AND WE, AS YOU KNOW, MAYOR HEPBURN MET WITH YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER CARDER AT THE TIME TO IDENTIFY OTHER ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.

THE LOS FLORES PARK AND THE RESTROOMS, AS WELL AS THESE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TENNIS COURT AREA, WERE ON OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT LIST.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO PACKAGE THESE ALL TOGETHER AND SUBMIT A REPLACEMENT GRANT.

I'LL DESCRIBE IT AS TO THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO REPURPOSE THOSE DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE OF BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND THE RESTROOMS WAS A HIGH PRIORITY AS WELL AS THE OTHER LISTED IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING SUGGESTED.

AND THEREFORE BRINGING FORWARD THIS GRANT AMENDMENT IS WHY STAFF FELT IT WAS NECESSARY.

HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TEEN CENTER.

DOESN'T MEAN THE THE STAFF'S BASED ON COUNCIL'S PREVIOUS DIRECTION OF PURSUING GRANTS FOR THAT WILL NOT CONTINUE.

BUT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

THIS IS SIMPLY ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND PRIORITIZED BY STAFF AND COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY.

I HAVE TO COMPLIMENT STAFF TOO, BECAUSE THAT MONEY WE COULD HAVE LOST THAT MONEY BECAUSE OF THE WILDERNESS PARK, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T GOING BY DESIGN, BUT WE BECAUSE OF STAFF, COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR OR MANAGER EXCUSE ME.

AND ALSO OUR PUBLIC WORKS.

THE PUBLIC WORKS FOR OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REALLY WORKED HARD ON THAT TO GET THE COUNTY TO REACCEPT THAT AS A DIFFERENT PURPOSE.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE THE 500 PLUS IT WAS ANOTHER $160,000.

BOB, WAS THAT IT? AND ANOTHER ONE OF THE FUNDS, IT WAS THE ORIGINAL AND THEN THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL.

YES SO FUNDS PACKAGE THOSE TOGETHER.

SO I'M KIND OF BABBLING HERE, BUT THE INTENT WAS THIS OUR STAFF DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF GETTING THAT REPURPOSED THROUGH LA COUNTY, THROUGH MEASURE A FUNDS WHICH WE'RE ABLE TO ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS PUT THIS IN PLACE.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE BATHROOMS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT YVONNE DURAN, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER, IT'S A DIRE NEED FOR THAT. AND AS FAR AS THE RESTROOMS, THEY CLOSE AT NIGHT, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, WE DO HAVE A CURFEW ON THOSE AND THEY DO CLOSE AND THEY WILL BE MONITORED AS THE PARK IS MONITORED.

AND ALSO THE WONDERFUL THING IS WE'RE REPURPOSING A NUMBER OF OUR TENNIS COURTS AND THEN TWO OF THEM WERE MADE INTO FOR PICKLEBALL COURTS, WHICH IS LIKE GOING CRAZY RIGHT NOW WITH PICKLEBALL.

SO I THINK THE FACT THAT AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TEEN CENTER AS CITY MANAGER, RUSSI SAID, IT'S JUST REPURPOSING DOLLARS THAT THE L.A.

COUNTY HAS APPROVED, WHICH IS, I THINK IS FANTASTIC.

OUR STAFF DID A GREAT JOB TO REPURPOSE.

SO IN THAT IT'S GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR OUR KIDS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BATHROOMS OVER AT THE POOL, WHICH IS JUST SO FAR SO.

AND AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A COMPETITIVE BID AND IT HAS TO GO THROUGH L.A.

COUNTY. SO IT HAS TO BE A CONTRACTOR AND APPROVED CONTRACTOR, AND THEY'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH PROCESS.

SO IT'S WHAT'S GOING TO COST.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S BASICALLY FREE MONEY FROM THE COUNTY MEASURE A FUND.

SO WE'RE ALL TICKLED TO HAVE IT.

BUT YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN.

WE WILL HAVE TO MONITOR, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO IN OUR PARKS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR HOMELESS POPULATION DOESN'T DO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.

SO WITH THAT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MR. MAYOR I HAVE JUST TO ANSWER JUST TO PIGGYBACK AND ANSWER SOME OF THAT ISSUE REGARDING THE NO, NOT THE LA IMPACT. IN FACT, I'M VERY FAMILIAR.

I'VE WORKED THERE. THIS IS SURVEILLANCE IS NOT FUN.

10 HOURS IN THE CAR.

OKAY. BUT REGARDING THE BATHROOMS AT LOS FLORES PARK, MAYOR MENTIONED THEY ARE BEING MONITORED.

I KNOW I WOULD LIKE TO LATER ON WORK SIMILAR TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES PREVENTING THE HOMELESS NEAR CAMPING NEAR ANY OF THE SCHOOLS SINCE THAT IS ADJACENT TO

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THE GOVERNOR CAN DO WHAT HE WANTS AND BASICALLY DOES THAT WAS SAID BILL [INAUDIBLE] REMOVING LOITERING HOWEVER IT WE CAN STILL ADDRESS FOR ILLEGAL CAMPING UNAUTHORIZED CAMPING HERE IN OUR CITY OR NEAR THE PARKS OR NEAR THOSE.

CAN WE PREVENT THEM FROM GOING TO OUR BATHROOMS? NO. BUT IF WE HAVE.

COUNCIL MEMBER KASH, I THINK WE'RE GOING OUTSIDE THE WEEDS ON THIS ONE.

SO I DON'T WANT GO TOO MUCH. BUT WE HAVE A PLAN.

I HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE NEED A MOTION FOR THE TWO ITEMS AND ONE MOTION, CORRECT? ONE MOTION FOR BOTH ITEMS. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. I'LL SECOND.

ROLL CALL.

COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER KASHIFALGHITA.

GOT THAT ONE WRONG. SORRY.

YEAH. YES THANK YOU.

I GOT THREE OUT OF THREE.

SORRY. IT WAS TOO LONG. ANOTHER ONE? YEAH, I KNOW. IT HAPPENS.

DID YOU VOTE? NO.

YES, I KNOW I SCREWED UP, [INAUDIBLE].

OKAY.

YES. MAYOR HEPBURN.

YES. OKAY. MOVE ON TO ITEM 8, OTHER MATTERS.

[8. OTHER MATTERS]

I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER KASHIFALGHITA IN A MINUTE.

BUT THIS WAS REQUESTED AS A RESULT OF THE SOC FIRE SOC THAT WAS CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL SEVERAL MEETINGS AGO AND IT REQUESTED THAT IT BE PLACED ON FOR CONSIDERATION OF A SIMILAR EFFORT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO. THANK YOU, MR. RUSSI. WELL SAID. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET SUPPORT FROM OUR FELLOW COUNCIL.

I BELIEVE IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

THIS OPPORTUNITY I'D LIKE TO HAVE TO GIVE OUR CHIEF OF POLICE THE ABILITY TO HAVE ANOTHER ENTITY COME OUT, CONDUCT THIS STUDY, IF YOU WILL, SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT CAME OUT EARLIER.

AND TALK ABOUT WAYS WE CAN GET BETTER.

THERE'S ALWAYS WAYS WE CAN GET BETTER FIGURING IDEAS TO DEPLOY OFFICERS IN CERTAIN AREAS THAT'S NEEDED, HOW FAST PRACTICE WAS, HOW IT'S CURRENTLY HAPPENING, AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE FOR DIFFERENT DEPLOYMENTS OF OFFICERS IN CERTAIN AREAS AS OUR CITY GROWS TO PROVIDE THIS CONTINUED SAME SERVICE.

ALL RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S THE MONEY ASPECT OF IT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR MORE OFFICERS.

ABSOLUTELY. BUT I'D LIKE TO GIVE THE CHIEF OF POLICE THE OPPORTUNITY AND HER STAFF TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET BETTER.

I AM 100% FOR OUR CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I WILL ALWAYS BE THAT WAY.

I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THE CHIEF ADDITIONAL TOOLS SIMILAR TO THAT.

THE GREAT FIRE CHIEF HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET BETTER.

RIGHT? I KEEP SAYING HOW WE CAN GET BETTER BECAUSE I KNOW WE CAN ALWAYS GET BETTER.

BUT THERE'S PEOPLE THAT HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME THAN I DO TO GET OUT THERE AND CONDUCT WHAT WE CALL AN INSPECTION, PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONDUCT SENSING SESSIONS. I CAN'T SAY THAT TWICE TOO FAST.

SORRY. RIGHT.

REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN OPERATE JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER KASHIFALGHITA'S RECOMMENDATION.

WHAT I WOULD ASK OF STAFF IS TO DETERMINE HOW WHAT ENTITIES ARE THERE THAT CONDUCT THESE TYPES OF STANDARDS OF COVERAGE SIMILAR TO WHEN WE RESEARCHED YOU KNOW IF TRITON WAS GOING TO BE A GOOD FIT, ETC., WHO THAT MIGHT BE, AND THEN ADVISED THE COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A DECISION ABOUT GOING FORWARD.

SO I THINK SOME OF THE BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS CAN BE EVALUATED AT THAT POINT.

BUT I DO AGREE THAT IF THERE IS A METHODOLOGY IN WHICH WE CAN IDENTIFY DATA POINTS AND WHERE WE WANT TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS AND OUR LIMITED DOLLARS, THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT.

AND YES, AND THE POINT OF BRINGING THIS BEFORE COUNCIL IS BEFORE WE DID THAT EFFORT, I WANTED TO LET THE CHIEF GO OFF AND DO THAT EFFORT.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS SUPPORT FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNCIL.

WE WILL BRING BACK A PROPOSAL OR SEVERAL PROPOSALS AND THEN A REQUEST FOR APPROPRIATION.

SO AT THIS POINT, IT'S JUST DO WE HAVE THE CONCURRENCE TO GO OFF RATHER THAN WE BRING YOU SOMETHING THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW.

THE FIRE STUDY WAS ROUGHLY 60 GRAND IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT, CHIEF? SO I WOULD EXPECT THIS ONE WILL BE SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE AS WELL, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE SO BEFORE WE STARTED DOING THAT WORK AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU, WE WANTED TO GET AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT. I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM CHIEF FLORES.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONE? PLEASE. PLEASE, BECAUSE THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION ALSO, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT HAS TO HAVE YOUR BLESSING.

YOU ARE THE BOSS, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT TREMENDOUSLY.

[02:05:04]

WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU, BOB RUSSI, TREMENDOUSLY.

THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ON THE TABLE.

WE LEARNED A LOT FROM THE FIRE STUDY.

I HAVE PERSONALLY NEVER BEEN THROUGH A POLICE SERVICES STUDY, BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHAT'S OBVIOUS TO THE PUBLIC IS OUR CRIME IS INCREASING.

WE KNOW THAT MANY DON'T STAY IN CUSTODY AND BECOME REPEAT OFFENDERS.

WE KNOW 10% OF OUR CASES ARE NOT GETTING FILED AT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE JUST FROM THE STANDARD MEASURE THAT THIS DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAS GIVEN.

AND SO WE'RE KIND OF IN AN UPHILL BATTLE WHEN IT COMES TO THE EXTERNAL.

WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW THAT THE CALLS FOR SERVICE HAVE INCREASED WITH THE HOMELESS, AND THAT IS A HUGE PRIORITY FOR US.

BUT THAT'S WHAT MOST OF OUR PUBLIC SEES, WHAT MOST DON'T SEE IS INTERNAL.

WE HAVE BEEN FACED WITH TONS OF LEGISLATION, TONS OF PUBLIC RECORDS, INFORMATION ACTS, A LOT OF INTERNAL MECHANISMS TO KEEP US FOCUSED, TO PASS ALL OF THESE AUDITS, THESE INSPECTIONS, THESE REPORTS.

AND I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE PERSONNEL TO DO IT.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN THESE NUMBERS ARE REQUESTED, MOST AGENCIES WILL HAVE A CRIME ANALYST.

I DON'T HAVE A CRIME ANALYST.

THAT'S OKAY. I'M NOT COMPLAINING.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU GUYS A GOOD PICTURE.

I THINK THE PUBLIC SERVICES STUDY MIGHT SHED LIGHT ON WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED OR WHAT COUNCIL ACTUALLY WANTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

EXCUSE ME, DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT IS REQUESTED.

AND I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO DO A SUPER EXPENSIVE STUDY IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BENEFIT US, IF WE ALREADY KNOW ON THE UPPER LEVEL WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE.

SO FOR ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS TRAINING, MANDATING USE OF FORCE, STAYING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, STAYING IN COMPLIANCE WITH POLICE OFFICERS STANDARDS AND TRAINING OUR REDACTIONS FOR OUR BODY WORN CAMERAS, OUR AUDITS FOR BODY WORN CAMERAS, AUDITS FOR POLICE SERVICES, CALLS FOR SERVICE, USE OF FORCE INVESTIGATIONS. ALL OF THAT ARE DONE WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE WEARING MULTIPLE HATS.

SO WHAT I COULD IMAGINE MOVING FORWARD IS IF WE HAD FULL TIME ENTITIES TO HANDLE ALL OF THE BACK SIDE OF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WITHIN LAW WATCHING OUT FOR THE LIABILITY OF THE CITY, THAT WOULD HELP US FIGURE OUT IF WE DO ACTUALLY NEED MORE PERSONNEL INTERNALLY TO FACE WITH THE GROWTH IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE INCREASED CALLS FOR SERVICE.

SO LASTLY WITH THAT, I DO APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION.

I WOULD LIKE TO RESEARCH IT AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU.

AND THEN IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD, WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD.

BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD GIVE US A GOOD PICTURE ON WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE SHOULD BE AS A MODERN POLICE AGENCY WITHIN INDUSTRY STANDARDS, IN CITY GOVERNMENT AND WITHIN THE POLICE SERVICE INDUSTRY.

IF THAT MAKES SENSE, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU GUYS NO, I THINK YOU'VE SET THE PACE AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

IT HAS TO COME FROM YOU, WHAT YOU FEEL IS DEEMED NECESSARY FOR US AND ALSO OUR RESIDENTS.

SO PLUS ALSO THE COST AND WHAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT AND WHAT'S NOT.

AND THE TIMING I MEAN.

THE TIMING. TRUE.

I MEAN, DO WE WAIT FOR THE GOLD LINE TO SEE HOW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE CITY BEFORE WE TAKE THIS ON? YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THREE YEARS, SO.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO WAIT THAT LONG.

I THINK WE WOULD LEAVE IT UP TO THE CHIEF TO LOOK AT THOSE NUANCES AND FIGURE OUT AND COME BACK TO US.

BUT I THINK THAT AS LONG AS YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT TO THAT AND TO SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING WHAT PATH WE'RE GOING TO TAKE.

COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, YOU BRING UP A REALLY GOOD POINT.

TIMING IS PROBABLY BEST NOW TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE WANT TO BE, WHICH IS WHY WE PUT THESE STATS IN PLACE YEARS AGO TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOMELESS CALLS FOR SERVICE. A SMALL EXAMPLE I CAN GIVE YOU TO SHOW YOU ON THE BACK SIDE AGAIN.

WHAT OUR COMMUNITY DOESN'T SEE IS WHEN ONE OF THE LEGISLATIONS CAME IN, IN JANUARY WAS THE MILITARIZATION BILL ASSEMBLY BILL 41.

REMEMBER THAT? OUR EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE DOING IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM STOPPED.

WE WERE NOT PUTTING ANY EFFORT INTO BUILDING OUR HOMELESS TEAM.

WE PUT VERY LITTLE EFFORT INTO TRAINING.

WE HAD TO MAKE SURE WE MET THAT DEADLINE OF MAY 30TH.

ON TOP OF ALL OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE HANDLE, ALL OF THE OVERTIME, THE VACANCIES, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OFF WORKER'S COMP.

SO IT IS QUITE A JUGGLING ACT AND I IMAGINE EVERY AGENCY IS FACING THIS.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO SAY FOR SURE, I THINK THE TIMING IS PERFECT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SAY FOR SURE THE STUDY IS NECESSARY.

BUT LET'S LOOK AT IT AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN DECIDE WHAT YOU PREFER AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU, CHIEF. I APPRECIATE THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF? NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MR. RUSSI. JUST READY.

ARE YOU READY? DO WE WANT TO OPEN TO THE FLOOR FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY.

NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY. IF IT COMES BACK.

WHEN IT COMES BACK, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.

[02:10:01]

I DON'T THINK I NEED A FORMAL VOTE.

I THINK I'VE GOT WHAT I NEED.

SO. CONSENSUS.

MR. CROSBY.

I'M NOT SURE.

[LAUGHTER] I SAW THAT ALCOHOL.

[LAUGHTER] YES. YES. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER KASH.

[9. PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY? CARDS? NO.

ANYONE? MR. GABALDON.

FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANTED TO MAYBE BE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO GO ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE OF THE DECISION TO SPEAK TO THE POINT THAT MR. KASHIFALGHITA AND CHIEF FLORES HAD BROUGHT UP.

BUT I THINK IT'S WAY OVERDUE.

I THINK JUST THE CLIMATE THAT WE'VE LIVED IN IN THIS COUNTRY FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, THE OPPOSITION TO POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, THAT IS MISGUIDED.

AND THE LITIGATIVE EXPOSURE THE CITY HAS OUTSIDE OF THE OBVIOUS SAFETY RISKS THAT ARE NOT POTENTIALLY ADDRESSED, JUST IT'S A NO BRAINER.

SO THAT'S JUST THE QUICK COMMENT.

WHAT I WANT TO SPEAK TO TONIGHT WAS TWO THINGS.

ONE WAS MY WIFE, CYNTHIA GABALDON, 169 DAYS AGO HAD SENT A LETTER TO YOU, MR. MAYOR AND MR. RUSSI AND SOME STAFF REGARDING SB 9, SB 10 AND OTHER CITIES IN CALIFORNIA THAT WERE TRYING TO TAKE LOCAL CONTROL OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING BACK AWAY FROM THE STATE THAT HAS EGREGIOUSLY TRIED TO TELL US HOW TO PLAN OUR CITY.

THERE HAS BEEN ZERO RESPONSE IN THAT 169 DAYS.

FOR YOUR REVIEW I'LL PRESENT TO YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THAT LETTER THAT SHE HAD DETAILED AND I WILL RE-FORWARD WITH A COPY TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AS TO HER COMMENT, BUT THAT THE CITIES OF SAN DIMAS AND GLENDORA HAVE PROACTIVELY PURSUED RESOLUTIONS THAT I PRESENTED TO YOU TO PROTECT THEIR CITIES AND TO REGAIN LOCAL CONTROL.

AND LA VERNE HAS NOT TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE AHEAD OF THE CURVE.

AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THIS AND ESPECIALLY WHAT THE RHNA NUMBERS PROVED OUT TO BE BY THE STATE AUDITOR TO BE FLAWED, ALMOST ENTIRELY FLAWED IN ITS PROCESS AND IN ITS OUTCOMES.

SO CONSIDERING THE GENERAL PLAN IS BEING REVIEWED AGAIN FOR COMMENT, THERE WAS NO COMMENT IN THERE REGARDING TAKING BACK LOCAL CONTROL.

IT ACTUALLY SPEAKS TO A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY WITHOUT ANY PROTECTIONS FOR THE CURRENT RESIDENTS.

I ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THAT AND CONSIDER IT.

AND THEN LAST WEEK, JUST QUITE, QUITE BRIEFLY, THE SENTIMENT OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS MADE REGARDING THE CAR SHOWS IN LA VERNE, I FELT THAT IT WAS TAKEN OFF TRACK BECAUSE STAFF HAD PRESENTED.

A COMMUNITY MEMBER DENISE FISHER, WHO ALSO WORKS WITH THE K-9 FOUNDATION AS A VOLUNTEER, CAME UP HERE AND TRIED TO PRESENT WHAT WAS PRESENTED AS A SEAMLESS, YOU KNOW, EASY DECISION TO CONTINUE WITH THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE EXHIBITOR AND PROVIDED BENEFITS TO THE CITY THAT WERE, IN MY OPINION, OVERLOOKED BY MOST OF THE COUNCIL, NOT YOU, MS. LAU. AND I THINK COUNCILMAN CROSBY ALSO MADE COMMENTS ABOUT THE VALUE, THE BENEFITS.

I THINK THAT EVERY TIME SOMEBODY COMES UP HERE AND PRESENTS AN ANALYSIS ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE MAKING IN DECISIONS TO MRS. BEAUCHAMP COMMENT ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE CLARITY IS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING ABOUT THE BENEFITS JUST AS MUCH AS WE LOOK AT COST.

WHEN I HEAR THAT WE'RE SPENDING $8,500 TO PROTECT OR PROVIDE SECURITY FOR THAT EVENT, I SEE THAT AS A NECESSARY EVIL FOR WHAT IS AN INVESTMENT IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THE FAR GREATER BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT IT DOES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA OF THE BUSINESSES AND ALSO FOR THE $12,000 THAT MRS.

[02:15:01]

BUT 100% OF THAT MONEY GOES TO SUPPORT THE K-9 FOUNDATION IN THE CITY, WHICH SERVICES THE CITY.

SO I THINK GOING FORWARD, I WOULD ASK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT COSTS, I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE WEIGHED BY THE ACTUAL BENEFITS IN A QUANTIFIABLE WAY THAT ALLOWS US TO GET PAST THE SMOKE AND MIRRORS OF WHAT IS A PERCEIVED CONCERN AND FOCUS ON THE POSITIVES.

ALSO MS. LAU, I THINK THAT YOU CORRECTLY CALLED OUT THAT THERE WAS A BIT OF OPPORTUNITY TO AMORTIZATION OF THAT COST.

IT'S ACTUALLY MUCH GREATER THAN THAT BECAUSE IT WAS A ONE TIME PLAN, AS I UNDERSTOOD, FOR TRAFFIC PLANNING FOR EVENTS THAT WOULD BE AMORTIZED ACROSS MANY EVENTS, NOT JUST THREE. SO IT'S ALMOST A COST EQUAL TO NULL OVER MAYBE FIVE YEARS.

SO THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK? WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND COME UP TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.

SOMEONE.

IS THERE? OH, I'M SORRY, WANDA.

COME ON UP.

BASICALLY, YOU CAN SPEAK ON ANYTHING YOU WISH, BUT.

CAREFUL. BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO 3 MINUTES BECAUSE OF THE FACT WE'VE GOT A CLOSED SESSION.

SO. AND IT'S BEEN QUITE A LONG EVENING.

SO PLEASE.

WELL, IN A NUTSHELL, I THINK MY KIDS ARE ABOUT READY TO NOT LET ME WATCH NETFLIX ANY MORE BECAUSE I'VE BECOME LIKE A CRAZY WOMAN TO THEM.

WITH ALL THE DOCUMENTARIES, I'VE BEEN ALWAYS OPTIMISTIC, BUT I'VE BEEN WATCHING A LOT OF DOCUMENTARIES.

ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD AND YOU KEEP HEARING ABOUT HISTORIC QUANTITIES OF FENTANYL SHOWING UP HERE, SHOWING UP THERE, I THINK IT WAS TULARE COUNTY JUST IN JULY, CAUGHT TWO PEOPLE, A HUGE DRUG BUST, CATCH AND RELEASE, NO BAIL. THEY'RE GONE.

JUST RIGHT NOW TONIGHT, I HEARD ON THE RADIO TIJUANA, IT'S LIKE CURFEW TIME RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE CARTEL WARS, THE CARTELS ARE HERE.

THEY'RE HERE.

WHERE I'M GETTING AT IS WE'RE ALL TRYING TO PUT OUT THE FIRES, TRYING TO DO ALL THIS STUFF.

THANK GOD FOR POLICE.

THANK GOD FOR FIRE.

I MEAN, I REALLY SO IMPRESSED.

BUT THE THING IS THAT PEOPLE ARE DRILLING HOLES IN THE SHIP AND WE'RE GOING AROUND TRYING TO PLUG THE HOLES.

WE HAVE TO DEMAND OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STOP BEING IN CAHOOTS WITH MONEY LAUNDERING.

HSBC BANK HAS BEEN PROVEN, PROVEN AND ADMITTED.

OOPS, WE DID IT AGAIN.

WE DIDN'T WATCH HOW THE MONEY IS FLOWING.

OOPS UNDER DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENT STILL DID IT.

THE US TREASURY DEPARTMENT FELT AND I'M SUMMARIZING 3 MINUTES THE BANK WAS TOO BIG TO FAIL.

THE INDIVIDUALS WERE NOT TOO BIG TO BE ARRESTED, THE INDIVIDUALS WERE NOT TOO BIG TO GO TO JAIL.

SO IN THIS SOCIETY THAT WE'RE IN, WE ALL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM AND APPROACH.

I'M SORRY. SO THE THING IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A CONSTANT MINDSET OF LOOKING BIGGER, OF PREPARING FOR THE TRAIN TO COME UP, PREPARING FOR THE THREATS TO COME.

IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT LITTLE KIDS THINK WHEN THEY SEE THE SQUALOR, WHEN THEY SEE THE CRAZY PEOPLE.

EXCUSE ME FOR SUMMARIZING, DRUGGED UP, SAD, MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE NOT GETTING HELP.

BUT THESE DRUGS THESE DAYS, THIS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT MOVIE THAT'S GOING ON AND WE'RE ALL LIVING THROUGH IT.

AND HOW LA VERNE HAS REMAINED SAFE.

THAT WAS WHAT I WAS IN NEAR TEARS EARLIER.

IT'S CRAZY. SO BUT WE ALSO MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE, LITTLE BIT NAÏVE ABOUT WHAT'S UP FRONT.

I THINK COUNCILMAN KASH, I THINK YOU GET IT.

I THINK ALL OF YOU GET IT, BUT MAYBE NOT TO THE LEVEL OF YOU.

SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR US TO FORM SOME COALITIONS, I GUESS WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES LIKE THE POLICE AND FIRE DO, BECAUSE CITIZENS NEED TO BE REVVED UP, CITIZENS NEED TO BE REVVED UP AND HELP AND PUSH BACK.

GASCON IS NOT HELPING.

FREAKING NEWSON I'M SURE WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT.

IT'S JUST IT'S RIDICULOUS.

WE HAVE TO PUSH UP JUST LIKE I'M SO PROUD THIS CITY DID.

I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL MONTHS LATER.

FORGET LEVEL FOUR HERE.

THIS IS NOT THE LOCATION.

THAT'S NOT THE FACILITY.

WE HAVE TO DO THAT ON EVERYTHING THAT'S NONSENSE, INCLUDING LOITERING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

IF YOU COULD FINISH YOUR THOUGHTS.

WHITTIER IS LOOKING AT GETTING OR TRYING, I THINK, TO GET ON THEIR BALLOTS.

SCREW CAN I SAY THAT, GASCON.

YOU JUST DID. GET OUR OWN.

YEAH, I DID. SORRY.

CUT THE TAPE. WE'RE GETTING.

WE WERE LOOKING TO GET ONE TO PUT IN THE BALLOT TO GET THEIR OWN ATTORNEY.

THEY'RE DONE WITH THE CATCH AND RELEASE.

IT HAS CONSEQUENCES.

EVERYTHING HAS CONSEQUENCES.

PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS.

RIDICULOUS. I WON'T EXPLAIN WHY, BUT WHY ALL NONSENSE DEMANDS ACTION.

[02:20:05]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, BRING IT UP TO THE DAIS.

[10. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]

SURE. I JUST WANTED TO START OFF.

I KNOW WE OPENED WITH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT JUST I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO SEE ALL OF THE SUPPORT FOR THE LA VERNE LITTLE LEAGUE FOR BOTH THE BOYS UP UNTIL THEY HAD TO COME HOME AND FOR THE GIRLS.

I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK AS A COMMUNITY, WE SHOULD REMEMBER.

IT WAS REALLY HEARTENING TO SEE ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA, ALL THE VERY POSITIVE MESSAGES FOR THESE YOUNG KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WENT OUT LATE AT NIGHT YESTERDAY TO WELCOME THEM BACK HOME.

I COULDN'T MAKE IT, BUT I LOVED SEEING THAT THERE WAS ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT SOME OF THESE KIDS PROBABLY DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT THEY'RE PROBABLY SO EXCITED THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME TO BE OUT THERE.

AND I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT LA VERNE THAT IS TRULY BEAUTIFUL.

SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU THAT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, WHETHER YOU DONATED TO HELP GET THE KIDS THERE, WHETHER YOU POSTED ABOUT IT, SHARED IT, WENT TO MEET THEM, WHATEVER YOU DID. THANK YOU.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SOFTBALL TEAM FOR FOR DOING AN AMAZING AND HISTORIC THING THAT REALLY PUT, I THINK, LA VERNE ON THE MAP FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T KNOW WHERE'S LA VERNE.

I THINK IT WAS A NICE WAY TO SAY, WELL, HERE WE ARE AND IT'S FOR A GOOD THING.

A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.

THERE IS A BLOOD DRIVE HAPPENING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE ON AUGUST 24TH.

SO IF YOU ARE SO INCLINED, I WOULD URGE YOU TO PLEASE SIGN UP AND GO DONATE.

THEY DO TAKE IN WALK INS, BUT IF YOU WANT TO CONSERVE YOUR TIME AND BE SORT OF MASTER OF THAT FATE, I WOULD URGE YOU TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT BECAUSE BLOOD IS STILL NEEDED.

PLATELETS ARE STILL NEEDED.

SO IF YOU CAN, PLEASE DO.

ANOTHER FUN THING THAT'S COMING UP, IF YOU ARE A ULV ALUM, ULV DODGER NIGHT IS BEING HOSTED ON OCTOBER 4TH.

AND SO I DON'T REMEMBER WHO THEY'RE PLAYING, WHICH IS REALLY BAD.

I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. BUT TICKETS START AT $26 DOLLARS.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO NETWORK IF YOU'D LIKE TO JUST GO OUT TO A GAME AND SEE SOME ALUM.

BUT IT'S A LOT OF FUN. SO IF YOU GO TO THE LA VERNE WEBSITE, YOU CAN PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS THERE.

AND THEN I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE AWARE, EVEN WHEN WE WALKED IN HERE EARLIER TONIGHT, THAT IT WAS VERY HOT.

IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE VERY HOT THIS WEEK.

THERE IS A HEAT ADVISORY, SO I URGE YOU ALL TO REMEMBER TO DRINK WATER, TO LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER, TRY TO STAY INDOORS IF YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, DON'T DO YOUR GARDENING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS THAT MAY SEEM SILLY, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE SAFE AND THAT YOU ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF.

SO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER.

AND AS ALWAYS, BE KIND.

THANK YOU, JR. THEY'RE PLAYING COLORADO.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.

COUNCIL MEMBER KASH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I APPRECIATE YOU AS ALWAYS.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT ATTENDED THE CONCERTS AT THE PARK, THE MOVIES AT THE PARK THAT WE'VE HAD.

IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO CONTINUE TO GO SEE HOW LA VERNE STRONG IS.

AND IT WAS GOOD, TO HAVE THE PEOPLE INVOLVED AND I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT TIME THERE AT THE PARK.

AND I SEE OTHER CITIES TRYING TO CATCH UP TO US, BUT THEY CAN.

WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.

THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

THANK YOU, LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR HOSTING THAT AND MAKING IT A REALLY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

I REALLY APPRECIATED IT.

IT WAS GOOD TO SEE. WE'VE HAD OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ATTEND IT, GREAT SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDED.

KIDS REALLY HAD A GREAT TIME.

I SAW IT WAS A GREAT TIME AND THERE ARE A LOT OF SMILES ON THOSE FACES.

SO I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT EVERY YEAR AND HOPEFULLY IT GETS BETTER AND BIGGER AND STRONGER AND I'LL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT.

CONGRATS TO THE LA VERNE SOFTBALL YES THEY DID PUT US ON THE MAP AND IN A REALLY GOOD WAY.

AND IT WAS AWESOME TO SEE CHANNEL 7, 5, 9 AND 11 POSTING GOOD ABOUT FINALLY SOME GOOD IN THIS WORLD ABOUT AND IT'S LA VERNE IT IS PUTTING US ON THE MAP AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

POP WARNER. LVSD POP WARNER, LA VERNE SAN DIMAS, POP WARNER WE HAD A GREAT COOK OFF NOT TOO LONG AGO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR SHOWING UP.

IT WAS A GREAT TIME. HEY, IT'S FOOTBALL SEASON.

LET'S GO, RAMS. RIGHT.

THIS IS THE RAMS HOUSE. [LAUGHTER] I DON'T WANT TO GET BEAT UP ON MY WAY TO THE PARKING LOT.

SOME RAIDER FANS.

OK DOESN'T THINK SO.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I WAS HOPING TO BE A RAMS HOUSE, BUT HEY, GREAT TIMES, GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND THEN CONGRATS TO ALL THE STUDENTS HERE IN LA VERNE FOR BACK TO SCHOOL COMING UP REAL SOON SOME I'VE ALREADY STARTED FOR DAMIEN THAT STARTED SCHOOL SPARTANS I NEVER WENT TO TEAM WITH BENITEZ SO.

HEY OKAY. OKAY.

GOOD TIME. IT'S OKAY.

IT'S ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

GOD CAME INTO MY LIFE A LITTLE BIT LATER.

BUT ANYHOW, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE.

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GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS.

I HAD THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY GOING TO SEE AN AMAZING CORPORAL, THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.

SEMPER FI FOR YOU.

MARINES THAT ARE OUT THERE.

I'M ARMY GUY.

IT'S OKAY TO SAY THAT VIETNAM VETERAN CORPORAL ROSS TYNER.

THAT'S RIGHT. I'LL JUST SAY MARINE SONG, YOU KNOW, AND HIS BATTLE BUDDY STAFF SERGEANT NAMES BOB FARLEY. BOB FARLEY MARINE CAME BACK FROM VIETNAM.

STILL FRIENDS WERE THERE TOGETHER AND CELEBRATED HIS BIRTHDAY.

AND I AM TRULY PROUD TO BE IN THEIR PRESENCE OF VIETNAM.

AMAZING VETERANS AND ALL VETERANS THAT HAVE SERVED STILL SERVING LIKE MYSELF AND LOOKING FORWARD TO OTHERS THAT WILL SERVE IN THIS NATION'S GREAT MILITARY.

SO I WANTED TO END ON THAT.

GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS. GOD BLESS VIETNAM VETERANS.

AND THEY'RE ALWAYS WELCOME HOME HERE.

SEMPER FI. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CASH.

UH COUNCIL MEMBER.

JOHNSON. HELLO.

THAT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT.

WITH A 21 GUN SALUTE.

THAT WAS VERY TOUCHING.

KUDOS TO THE GIRLS SOFTBALL.

LORI AND I HAD RIDDEN OUR BIKES TO THE PARK AT 8:00 RIGHT WHEN YOU TOLD US.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO TO L.A.X..

YOU'RE JUST NOT QUITE SURE WHEN YOU MIGHT LOSE.

SO. BUT I DID WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE IN ATTENDANCE.

I THINK IT WAS VERY NICE, ESPECIALLY SUPPORTING BOB'S RETIREMENT.

BOB, CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S REALLY ALL I NEED TO SAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, COUNCILMEMBER CROSBY IN THE FORCE VEHICLE THERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I WENT TO I WASN'T ABLE TO BE THERE THIS LAST WEEKEND, BUT MAJESTIC BICYCLING PUT ON THE LA VERNE GRAND PRIX THIS WEEKEND AND DID AN AMAZING JOB OUT THERE.

EVERYBODY BE CAREFUL THIS MONDAY BONITA UNIFIED STARTS SCHOOL AND WE'LL HAVE A BUNCH OF KIDS OUT AND ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL AND BRAND NEW DRIVERS GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL.

SO BE VERY CAREFUL OUT THERE AND WATCH ESPECIALLY HOW YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND OUR SCHOOLS.

THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST WEEK OR SO AROUND EACH CAMPUS.

AND BOB, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.

YOU GUYS GOT COVERED EVERYTHING JUST ABOUT MOVIES IN THE PARK, THE LA VERNE POA AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, YVONNE AND ALL THE STUFF WE'VE DONE.

CONCERTS IN THE PARK, MOVIES IN THE PARK.

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WAS AWESOME.

CYNTHIA, YOU'RE YOUR PARTY FOR YOUR HUSBAND ROSS WAS AMAZING.

AND BOB AND I WANT TO THANK THE BAND OF BROTHERS FOR BEING THERE.

THEY DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB AND IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY NICE, FUN DAY.

ALSO, THE GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM, AGAIN, THERE'S A NUMBER OF YOU HERE.

LET'S SEE CYNTHIA.

LET'S SEE JOE.

LET'S SEE KATHY. LET'S SEE.

THERE'S A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN THE STEVE AND LAURIE KASH WAS THERE A LOT OF LA VERNE WAS THERE.

AND ALTHOUGH THEY DID USE UP A LOT OF SILLY STRING, WHICH WAS QUITE THE MESS, I DID POST A VIDEO AND THERE WAS SOME SOMEBODY WAS GETTING MAD AT SOMEBODY.

I THOUGHT, OH, THE CHIEF LET ME KNOW THAT CHIEF NIG BUT AGAIN, IT JUST SHOWS WHAT WONDERFUL COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN AND WE ALL STICK TOGETHER AND WE ALL DO THINGS TOGETHER AND WE CELEBRATE TOGETHER.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

AND BOB, YOU WILL BE MISSED AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONAL.

THANK YOU. THERE WAS ONE MORE THING I DID GO TO.

I WAS NOTIFIED THIS MORNING AND I'D LET YOU GUYS KNOW REGARDING NORMA TORRES, WHICH IS THE 35TH DISTRICT CONGRESSWOMAN, WHICH IS POMONA.

BUT OUR BAND OF BROTHERS PUT ON A CELEBRATION FOR ADRIANO BARCELONA, CARTAGENA, WHICH WAS BORN IN 1903.

AND [INAUDIBLE] I CAN'T PRONOUNCE THIS PANAY.

PANAY ISLAND IN THE PHILIPPINES.

ANYWAY, HE WAS LOST AT WAR P.O.W.

BUT THEY HAD NORMA TORRES, THE FAMILY.

HE HAD EIGHT MEDALS OF HONOR THAT THEY SUBMITTED TO HIM.

AND THEY DID THE GUN SALUTE AND TAPS TODAY.

AND IT WAS IT WAS VERY TOUCHING.

I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT.

BUT THIS MORNING THEY THREW IT TOGETHER PRETTY QUICK.

BUT THE BAND OF BROTHERS AGAIN ROSE TO THE OCCASION.

SHE WAS THERE, THE WHOLE FAMILY WAS THERE AND UTILIZED OUR MEMORIAL.

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BUT IT WAS PRETTY INCREDIBLE TO FIND OUT THAT THAT, AGAIN, OUR HIGHER ELECTEDS ARE ABLE TO RESEARCH AND THROUGH OUR MILITARY AND OUR MILITARY KEEPS PRETTY GOOD RECORDS TO FIND WHAT THESE PEOPLE DID, WHERE THEY WERE, AND HIS FAMILY, THEIR FAMILY LINEAGE, BECAUSE HE WAS LOST AT WAR.

SO THANK YOU, BAND OF BROTHERS.

BUT BEING THAT SAID, WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT.

MR. RUSSI. WE DO.

MR. MAYOR AND I WILL ADJOURN.

WE'LL GIVE YOU THAT IN A MINUTE. AND I JUST KNOW I SAID ALL THE WORDS I DID BEFORE, BUT I DO WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKS AND GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE KIND COMMENTS.

IT'S NOT EVERYBODY WHO GETS TO ENJOY THEIR 21 YEARS SOMEWHERE, AND I TRULY HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND TONIGHT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHY, BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF POSITIVE COMMENTS.

SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN AND FOR BEING HERE FOR THAT SO CONFERENCE.

THE CLOSED SESSION IS WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6.

THE NEGOTIATORS ARE CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT AND CITY ATTORNEY AND THE LISTED ORGANIZATIONS AND UNREPRESENTED GROUP ARE LISTED IN THE AGENDA.

WE WILL NOT BE REPORTING BACK.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

THEN WE RECESS IN CLOSED SESSION.

OUR NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER SIX, AT 6:30 P.M..

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.